savory

adjective · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

savoriersavoriest

Superlative

savoury

1.
(US)Tasty, attractive to the palate.
The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
2.
(US)Either salty or spicy, but not sweet.
The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
3.
(US)Umami.
The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam.
4.
(US, figuratively)Morally or ethically acceptable.
Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

savoriessavoury

1.
(US)(American spelling) A savory snack.
2.
(US, countable, uncountable)Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
3.
(US, countable, uncountable)The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.

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savorily savoriness unsavoryumami

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Nguồn gốc từ

From the Middle English savory, savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from sapōrāre, from Latin sapor (taste, flavour), from sapiō, sapere (taste of, have a flavour of).