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savories

savories is the plural of savory.

Meaning of savory

Noun (1)

savory (plural savories)

  1. (US) A savory snack.
    • On Friday the pastry chef Pichet Ong will open his own cafe, with sweets and savories served at tables and a counter.2007 April 18, Florence Fabricant, “Off the Menu”, in New York Times

Noun (2)

savory (countable and uncountable, plural savories)

  1. (US) Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
    • There are some who advise taking the noxious herb savory; in my judgment it is poison.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 208
  2. (US) The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.

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Phrases with savories

Questions about savories

What is savories the plural of?
Savories is the plural of savory.

Words near savories in the dictionary

  1. savorer
  2. savorers
  3. savorest
  4. savoreth
  5. savorier
  6. savories
  7. savoriest
  8. savorily
  9. savoriness
  10. savoring
  11. savoringly

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