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Savoury

Definitions: Savoury

Savoury

Adjective

1. Morally respectable or inoffensive; "a past that was scarcely savory".

2. Having an agreeably pungent taste.

3. Pleasing to the sense of taste.

Noun

1. Either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family.

2. An aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "savoury" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Savoury

Synonyms: inoffensive (adj), mouth-watering (adj), piquant (adj), spicy (adj), tasty (adj), zesty (adj), savory (n). (additional references)
Antonym: unsavory (adj). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Savoury

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Savoury (U.S. sp savory) denotes a broad band of flavour which is characteristically salty or spicy.

Savory is also the name of a herb

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Savoury."

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Crosswords: Savoury

English words defined with "savoury": flavor, flavourrelishsapidity, savor, savour, smack, summer savourytangwinter savoury. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Savoury

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References

  • The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Mini Savoury Snack Biscuits (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Easy Bread Machine Baking: More than 100 new recipes for sweet and savoury loaves and shaped breads (reference)

  • English Puddings: Sweet and Savoury (reference)

  • Germany Savoury Spread Report 2002 [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Savoury Mushroom (reference)

  • Spices Sweet and Savoury (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Savoury

"Savoury" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 91.01% of the time. "Savoury" is used about 89 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)91.01%8136,835
Noun (singular)8.99%8124,375
                    Total100.00%89N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Savoury

Expressions using "savoury": savoury food savoury herbs summer savoury winter savoury. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "savoury": savoury-snack.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Savoury

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

savoury

7

biscuit savoury

4

savoury system

3

island savoury

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Savoury

Language Translations for "savoury"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pikant (flavored, flavoured, juicy, piquant, poignant, racy, Savory, spicy), meze pikante (Savory), i shijshëm (appetizing, delicate, delicious, enjoyable, goluptious, luscious, nutty, palatable, sapid, Savory, scrumptious, succulent, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy), i këndshëm (agreeable, beauteous, beautiful, delectable, delicious, dreamy, dulcet, entertaining, funny, good, good humoured, good tempered, good-humored, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, handsome, jocose, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, lovely, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, pretty, Savory, smooth, soft, sweet, sympathetic), gjellë pikante (Savory). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فاتح للشهية (appetizing, savory), ‏متبل (flavored, flavoured, savory, seasoned, spiced, spicy, zest), ‏مالح (briny, saline, salt, salty, savory), ‏لاذع (acerb, acid, acrid, acrimonious, biting, bitter, bitterly, burning, caustic, cutting, harsh, hot, keen, mordant, nippy, peppery, piquant, poignant, pungent, rough, salty, sarcastic, savory, scathing, scorching, sharp, sharp tongued, smarting, snappish, snappy, spicy, spiteful, stinging, tart, waspish), ‏سائغ (agreeable, dulcet, palatable, pleasant, savory), ‏طيب النكهة (racy, savory). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

салата преди ядене, вкусен (dainty, goluptious, nutty, palatable, sapid, succulent, sweet, tasty, yummy), апетитен (appetizing, foxy, lickerish, palatable, toothsome), приятен (acceptable, agreeable, cheerful, clever, companionable, cozy, darling, easy, engaging, enjoyable, good, gracious, grateful, groovy, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, likely, luscious, merry, musical, nice, nice-looking, not unwelcome, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, refreshing, rose colored, rose coloured, sapid, satisfying, soft, sweet, sympathetic, toothsome, welcome), почтен (clean, hoary, honest, honorable, honorary, honourable, law abiding, loyal, orderly, reputable, respectable, right, upright, upstanding, worthy), пикантен (gamy, gingery, juicy, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, rich, salacious, salt, salty, spicy, tasty, zesty), добър (benign, fair, good, good natured, kind, kindly, lucky, nice, plummy, pretty, round, sound, tenderhearted, useful, warmhearted, well). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

美味 (Dainties, Dainty, flavorful, flavourful, Palatable, relish, savory, yummy). (various references)

   

Danish

  

saltstang (salt pretzel stick, salt stick, savoury stick), saltkiks (salt biscuit, salt cracker, savoury biscuit). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zoute stengel (salt pretzel stick, salt stick, savoury stick), zout koekje (salt biscuit, salt cracker, savoury biscuit), borrelzoutje (salt biscuit, salt cracker, savoury biscuit). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

maukas (appetizing, palatable, tasty). (various references)

   

French

  

savoureux (savoursome), salé (salt, Salted, salty), appétissant (sapid), épicé. (various references)

   

German

  

schmackhaft (appetizing, delicate, palatable, palatably, sapid, savory, tasty, toothsomely). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

νόστιμοσ (comely, dainty, nice, palatable, pretty, racy, relishable, savorous, toothsome, zest), μεζέσ (delicacy, kickshaw, snack, titbit). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מלוח וטעים, מתובל (flavored, flavoured, interlarded, seasoned, spiced, spicy), טעים (delectable, palatable, succulent, tasteful, tasty, toothsome). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ízletes (delicate, palatable, savory, tasteful, tasty, toothsome), ínyencfalat (delicacy, kickshaw, savory, tidbit, titbit), pikáns (juicy, piquant, racy, salt, savory, spicy), kellemes szagú (savory), jóízű (good to eat, savory, spicy, sweet, tasty, toothy). (various references)

   

Italian

  

saporito (Savory, tasty), salato (biting, briny, corned, expensive, salt, salted, saltily, salty, Savory, stiff), piatto salato (Savory), gustoso (amusing, nice, palatable, Savory, tasty, toothsome), crostino (crouton, Savory, toast). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

茶碗'し (savoury egg custard). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ちゃわ"むし (savoury egg custard). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

'미있" (savory). (various references)

   

Manx

  

blasstagh, aunlyn (condiment, relish, sauce). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

avourysay

   

Portuguese

  

segurelha (Savory, summer savory), saboroso (dainty, delicious, flavoring, flavouring, luscious, nice, palatable, palatal, sapid, Savory, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy), picante (acerbic, acrid, biting, home affairs, hot, jujitsu, mordacious, nippy, peppery, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, risque, rough, salty, Savory, sharp, spicy, stinging, tart), não doce (Savory), livre de maus cheiros (Savory), com bom paladar (nutty, sapid, Savory, tasty), apetitoso (appetizing, lickerish, plummy, Savory, tasty, tempting, yummy). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

savuros (chaming, luscious, pleasant, racy, relishing, sapid, Savory, tasty), plãcut la gust (mellow, palatable, Savory), picant (attractive, fruity, hot, peppery, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, salt, Savory, snappy, spicy), gustos (appetizing, dainty, fruity, palatable, peckish, relishing, sapid, Savory, tasty, toothsome), delicios (charming, dainty, darling, delicate, delicious, luscious, palatable, Savory), apetisant (appetizing, lickerish, Savory). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

вкусный (appetizing, goluptious, palatable, sapid, tasty, toothsome, yummy), острая закуска, пикантный (flavored, flavoured, nutty, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, salty, spicy, zestful). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ukusan (appetizing, delicious, lickerish, luscious, palatable, sapid, savory, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy), prijatan (agreeable, bonny, conversable, cosy, cozy, delectable, enjoyable, gratified, gratifying, jolly, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, savory, welcome), pikantan (piquant, savory, spicy), oporost (acerbity, asperity, pungency, tartness), mirisan (aromatic, deodorant, flavored, flavoured, fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, redolent, savory, scented, smelling), mirišljav (aromatic, fragrant, odoriferous, savory, smelling). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

salado (briny, dry salting, racy, saline, salt, salted, salting, salting with dry salt, salty, Savory), sabroso (fruity, juicy, palatable, rich, sapid, saporous, Savory, spicy, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, zestful), ajedrea (calamint, Savory). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

välsmakande (appetizing, delicious, flavorous, palatable, sapid, Savory, tasty), väldoftande (aromatic, Savory, sweet). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yemek sonunda yenen tuzlu şey, tadı güzel (Savory, tasty, yummy), lezzetli (dainty, delicate, delicious, goluptious, luscious, palatable, sapid, Savory, succulent, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy, zestful), kokulu (aromatic, balsamic, fragrant, nosey, nosy, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, redolent, Savory, scented, spiced, spicy), iştah açıcı (aperitif, appetizer, appetizing, piquant, whet), geyik out (Savory). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

смачний (appetizing, dainty, gusty, nice, nutty, palatable, sapid, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy, yum-yum), гостра закуска, гострий (abrupt, acrid, acrimonious, acute, argute, bad, barbed, biting, eager, edgy, incisive, keen, nimble, nutty, piercing, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick, sharp, splitting, subtile, subtle, trenchant, zestful), пахучий (aromatic, odorant, odoriferous, odorous, smelling). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Savoury

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-o-r-s-u-v-y"

-1 letter: savory, savour.

-2 letters: arvos, ovary, saury, savor, savoy, varus, yours.

-3 letters: arvo, avos, oars, osar, ours, rays, rosy, ryas, soar, sora, sour, soya, sura, ursa, vars, vary, vaus, your.

-4 letters: ars, avo, ays, oar, ora, ors, our, ova, ras, ray, rya, sau, say, sou, soy, var, vas, vau, yar, you.

-5 letters: ar, as, ay, or, os, oy, so, us, ya, yo.

 Words containing the letters "a-o-r-s-u-v-y"
 

+1 letter: unsavory, vouvrays.

 

+2 letters: variously, voyageurs.

 

+3 letters: ravenously, valorously, vaporously.

 

+4 letters: cavernously, marvelously, vagariously, veraciously, vicariously, voraciously.

 

+5 letters: avariciously, cadaverously, chivalrously, viviparously, voluntaryism, voluntaryist.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Savoury


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 61 76 6F 75 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100001 01110110 01101111 01110101 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#97 &#118 &#111 &#117 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0061 0076 006F 0075 0072 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53678881878491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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