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spices

/ˈspaɪsɪz/

spices is the plural of spice.

spices is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spice.

Meaning of spice

Noun

spice (countable and uncountable, plural spices)

  1. Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food.
    • Vanilla itself was transplanted from Madagascar, the main source of the spice, to Polynesia a century ago.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 242
  2. (uncountable) The quality of being spicy.
    • What spice level do you want for your pad thai? I recommend mild.
    Synonyms:
    spiciness
  3. (figuratively, uncountable) Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.
    • variety is the spice of life
  4. (uncountable) A psychoactive neocannabinoid.
  5. (Yorkshire, uncountable) Sweets, candy.
    • Let's go daan to t'spice shop an see what they've i stock
  6. (obsolete) Species; kind.

See all 13 meanings of spice

Proper noun capitalized: Spices

Spices

  1. (plural) plural of Spice

Phrases with spices

Words that rhyme with spices

Questions about spices

What is spices the plural of?
Spices is the plural of spice.
What part of speech is spices?
Spices is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce spices?
Spices is pronounced /ˈspaɪsɪz/.

Words near spices in the dictionary

  1. spicer
  2. spiceries
  3. spicers
  4. Spicers Creek
  5. spicery
  6. spices
  7. spices up
  8. spiceth
  9. spicewise
  10. spicewood
  11. spicewoods

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spices (page history and authors); Spices (page history and authors); spice (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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