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Noun: spice  spIs
  1. Any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavouring food
     
  2. The property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavoured
    - spiciness, spicery
     
  3. Aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
Verb: spice  spIs
  1. Make more interesting or flavourful
    "Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer";
    - spice up
     
  2. (cooking) add herbs or spices to
    - zest, spice up

Sounds like: speiss

Derived forms: spiced, spicing, spices

Type of: alter, change, flavor [US], flavorer [US], flavoring [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], flavourer [Brit, Cdn], flavouring [Brit, Cdn], modify, preservative, season, seasoner, seasoning, taste property

Encyclopedia: Spice, West Virginia