savoury
Americanadjective
plural
savouriesadjective
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attractive to the sense of taste or smell
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salty or spicy; not sweet
a savoury dish
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pleasant
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respectable
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of savoury
C13 savure, from Old French savouré, from savourer to savour
Example Sentences
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The excellent Savoury won and took a free-kick 25 yards out which Lawlor leapt to his left to claw away.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2022
Scott Brown, who has scored nine goals this season, galloped freely around the Dundee half, linking smartly with Andy McCarthy and Grant Savoury.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2022
Beignets Savoury or sweet, fried things go brilliantly with bubbles, so I’d pick a moscato to go with these: Marks & Spencer has the pretty, fragrant GiBo Asti Spumante for £9.
From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2015
Mina Holland, co-editor, Cook The speedy meal: Sweetcorn, spring onion and feta cake Savoury cake, giant muffin, oversized scone ... call it what you will, this recipe is endlessly versatile.
From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2015
Then there are the various nut meats—Meatose, Vejola, Savoury Nut Meat, &c.—which can be used to great advantage in such a stew.
From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)
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