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Noun: garnish  gaa(r)-nish
  1. Something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavour or decoration
     
  2. Any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
Verb: garnish  gaa(r)-nish
  1. Take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
    "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt";
    - garnishee
     
  2. Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
    - trim, dress

Derived forms: garnished, garnishing, garnishes

Type of: adorn, attach, beautify, confiscate, decorate, decoration, embellish, grace, impound, ornament, ornamentation, seize, sequester, sequestrate

Encyclopedia: Garnish, Newfoundland and Labrador