Savory

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈseɪvÉ™ri/

Alternative forms

• savoury British

From the Old French savoure, from savourer, from Latin saporare, from sapor

Full definition of savory

Adjective

1. Tasty, attractive to the palate.The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
2. Salty or non-sweet.The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
3. Not overly sweet.The savory duck contrasted well with the sweet sauce.
4. (figuratively) Morally or ethically acceptable.Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.

Synonyms

Noun

1. A savory snack.
• 2007, April 18, Florence Fabricant, Off the Menu, P*ONG On Friday the pastry chef Pichet Ong will open his own cafe, with sweets and savories served at tables and a counter.

Possibly from Old English saetherie, from Latin satureia, influenced by or via Old French savereie

Noun

1. Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus , grown as culinary flavourings.
2. The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.

Derived terms

• summer savory
• winter savory