Savory is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SAVORY in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a kind of herb
• an aromatic plant of the mint family, used as a culinary herb.
• An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory.
• any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
• dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions
• either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family
• an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d\'oeuvre
ADJECTIVE:
• (US) savoury
• Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell.
• morally wholesome or acceptable
• having an agreeably pungent taste
• pleasing to the sense of taste
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• pleasant to the taste or smell
• a savory dish served before or after a meal
• same as savoury

Words related to SAVORY

savorier11 savories11 savoriest12 savorily14 savoury13

Words that contain SAVORY

unsavory14

How to use SAVORY in a sentence

• They were excellent cooks, and the dinner now upon the table, though plain, was very savory and inviting.
• As the buggy was at the door before the table presented the savory temptation of fried eels, Chip declined breakfast at present, but decidedly promised to take it on his return.
• Each little knot of fellows, too, cooks something savory.
• Susan bustled about, and made a fire of crackling sticks, and began to roast the oysters in a way that made a most savory smell.
• He ate it in front of them and liked the fruit very much, for indeed it is savory.
• The gas was burning brightly at one side, and something that sent forth a savory odor was bubbling on a little two-burner gas-stove.
• Now he was bearing it home and he thought with eagerness of the savory meat it would yield him on the morrow.
• They who love young-green Onions or sives, or other savory Herbs, or Pepper, may use them also in the same manner, when they are in season.
• I was hungry, cold, and eager for creature comforts, and the house before me gave forth not only heat, but a savory odor which in itself was an invitation hard to ignore.
• Beyond them fires were lighted, and already savory odors of cooking reminded him how very faint he was from hunger.
• The savory odor of frying ham greeted his nostrils and reminded him that he had had nothing to eat since morning.
• The servant brought him into a great hall, where a number of people sat round a table covered with all sorts of savory dishes.
• In a kind of haze, I beheld half the savory viands of earth spread under the eyes and nostrils of a man who had not tasted food for the third day.
• A fine river flowed not two miles away and Paul installed himself as chief fisherman, bringing them any number of splendid large fish, very savory to the taste.
• They gave him a good supply of the food, and he found it tough but savory.
• A most savory supper of ducks and venison, with their accompaniments, soon smoked upon the board, and we did ample justice to it.
• By that time the squaws were setting out corn cakes, dried peaches and a heap of savory meat that was served on a bark platter.
• If a large quantity of water is used, the savory juices escape, and leave the roots very insipid.
• Then from below, quite savory too, I scent the steam of onion stew.
• Raymond, who bore with her on this occasion what she called savory broth, concocted, by her own fair hands, for the benefit of her suffering parent.
• Sprigs of parsley or delicate celery-tops may be used as garnish, and it is a very elegant-looking as well as savory dish.

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