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Relish

To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food.

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Narrower term 6

Chowchow 76% connected

Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as, chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together).

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Lemon 76% connected

An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus,…

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Olive 76% connected

A tree (Olea Europaea) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivate…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Piccalilli 76% connected

A pickle of various vegetables with pungent species, -- originally made in the East Indies.

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Pickle 76% connected

See Picle.

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Vanilla 76% connected

A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.

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Broader term 6

Condiment 76% connected

Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.

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Enjoyment 76% connected

The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enthusiasm 76% connected

Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to som…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Taste 76% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Manner of action 1

Devour 76% connected

To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

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Season 74% connected

One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., ca…

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Season 74% connected

One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., ca…

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Entails 1

Like 72% connected

Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the part…

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Synonym 11

Bask 92% connected

To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enjoy 92% connected

To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainti…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flavor 92% connected

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flavour 92% connected

(physics) the six kinds of quarks

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gusto 92% connected

Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nip 92% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sapidity 92% connected

The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Savor 92% connected

That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smack 92% connected

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

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Tang 92% connected

A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Zest 92% connected

A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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