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# garnish

verb (garnish, garnishes, garnished, garnishing); noun (garnishes)

«garnish» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To garnish is to decorate food with a small extra bit, such as parsley or a slice of lemon, to make it look nice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garnish/#m1)
2. (old use) To garnish a throne or hall is to decorate it with jewels or ornaments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garnish/#m2)

### In the lessons

in cooking, a sprig of parsley or a lemon slice put on a dish to make it tempting; in old tales a throne or hall decorated with gems

### Examples

- Mum garnished the fish with a sprig of parsley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garnish/#x1)
- Add a lemon slice to garnish the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garnish/#x2)
- The throne was garnished with pearls and diamonds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garnish/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

To decorate richly. Here Solomon covered the Temple walls with precious stones.

**Interpretation.** The tradition sees the beauty of Solomon's Temple as honoring God's house. The gold of Parvaim is read as especially fine gold.

### Examples

- And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim. (Writings 2CH.3.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/garnish/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «garnish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garnish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«garnish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/garnish.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «garnish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/garnish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«garnish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/garnish.html) on Mova free.