📖 Definitions of "Savory"
noun
- 1
A savory snack.
adjective
- 1
Tasty, attractive to the palate.
"The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious."
- 2
Salty and/or spicy, but not sweet.
"The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods."
- 3
Umami, modern
"The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam."
- 4
Morally or ethically acceptable.
"Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language."
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