savory
/ˈseɪ.və.ɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious."
- "The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods."
- "The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam."
- "Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language."
- "The ruthless practices of the Ontario Film Censor Board are by now the laughing stock of most of the world. Scenes that contain more flesh or affection than they find savoury are simply hacked out of the film before it is released."
- "On Friday the pastry chef Pichet Ong will open his own cafe, with sweets and savories served at tables and a counter."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sep- Proto-Italic *sapjō Latin sapiō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin sapōrem Old French savour Old French savouréder. Middle English savourie Middle English savory English savory From the Middle English savory, savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from Late Latin sapōrāre, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavour”), from sapiō, sapere (“taste of, have a flavour of”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈseɪ.və.ɹi/
- British English: /ˈseɪ.və.ɹi/
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable