Definition of garnish Garnish

/gɑˈɹnɪʃ/ - [garnish] - gar•nish

We found 23 definitions of garnish from 8 different sources.

What does garnish mean?

Noun Plural: garnishes
garnish - something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
		ornament, decoration, ornamentation the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)
garnish - any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
		ornament, decoration, ornamentation the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)

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garnish (Noun)
A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
garnish (Noun)
pewter vessels in general.
garnish (Verb)
To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off ; to adorn; to embellish; as, all within with flowers was garnished.
garnish (Verb)
To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
garnish (Verb)
To furnish; to supply.
garnish (Verb)
To fit with fetters.
garnish (Verb)
To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee.

garnish (v. t.)
To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
garnish (v. t.)
To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
garnish (v. t.)
To furnish; to supply.
garnish (v. t.)
To fit with fetters.
garnish (v. t.)
To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
garnish (n.)
Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
garnish (n.)
Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
garnish (v. t.)
Fetters.
garnish (v. t.)
A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.

garnish
gär′nish, v.t. to adorn: to furnish: to surround with ornaments, as a dish.—n. entrance-money: something placed round a principal dish at table, whether for embellishment or relish: a gift of money, esp. that formerly paid by a prisoner to his fellow-prisoners on his first admission.—ns. Gar′nishee, a person warned not to pay money owed to another, because the latter is indebted to the garnisher who gives the warning (v.t. to attach a debtor's money in this way); Garnishee′ment; Gar′nisher, one who garnishes; Gar′nishing, Gar′nishment, Gar′niture, that which garnishes or embellishes: ornament: apparel: trimming; Gar′nishry, adornment. [O. Fr. garniss-, stem of garnir, to furnish, old form warnir, from a Teut. root seen in A.S. warnian, Ger. warnen, Eng. warn.]

garnish
Profuse decoration of a ship's head, stern, and quarters. Also money which pressed men in tenders and receiving ships exacted from each other, according to priority.