Spice

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various pungent, aromatic plant substances, such as cinnamon or nutmeg, used to flavor foods or beverages.
  • n. These substances considered as a group.
  • n. Something that adds zest or flavor.
  • n. A pungent aroma; a perfume.
  • v. To season with spices.
  • v. To add zest or flavor to.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food.
  • n. Any variety of spice.
  • n. Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.
  • n. Sweets, candy.
  • v. To add spice or spices to.
  • n. Plural form of spouse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Species; kind.
  • n. A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc.
  • n. Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling.
  • v. To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season.
  • v. To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.
  • v. To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Kind; sort; variety; species.
  • n. Kind of thing; anything of the kind or class before indicated; such sort: used demonstratively or indefinitely.
  • n. An exemplification of the kind of thing mentioned; specimen; sample; instance; piece.
  • n. A characteristic touch or taste; a modicum, smack, or flavoring, as of something piquant or exciting to the mind: as, a spice of roguery or of adventure.
  • n. A substance aromatic or pungent to the taste, or to both taste and smell; a drug; a savory or piquant condiment or eatable; a relish.
  • n. Now, specifically One of a class of aromatic vegetable condiments used for the seasoning of food, commonly in a pulverized state, as pepper, allspice, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves; collectively, such substances as a class: as, the trade in spices or spice.
  • n. A piquant odor or odorous substance, especially of vegetable origin; a spicy smell.
  • n. Figuratively, a piquant concomitant; an engaging accompaniment or incident; an attractive or enjoyable variation.
  • n. Synonyms Relish, savor, dash.
  • To prepare with a condiment or seasoning, especially of something aromatic or piquant; season or temper with a spice or spices: as, highly spiced food; to spice wine.
  • To vary or diversify, as speech, with words or matter of a different kind or tenor; interlard; make spicy, piquant, or entertaining; as, to spice one's talk with oaths, quips, or scandal; to spice a sermon with anecdotes.
  • n. A small stick.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food
  • v. add herbs or spices to
  • n. aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
  • v. make more interesting or flavorful
  • n. the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
  • Verb Form
    spiced    spices    spicing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    seasoning   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    seasoning   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    species    kind    relish    sprinkling    flavor    season    flavoring    dash    admixture   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brice    Bryce    Grice    Nice    Price    Rice    Weiss    advice    bice    concise   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pepper    cinnamon    Herb    sugar    tobacco    honey    perfume    fruit    garlic    coffee