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garnish

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Verb

  1. To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
  2. To ornament with something placed around it.
  3. To furnish; to supply.
  4. To fit with fetters; to fetter.
  5. To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.
  6. To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.

Noun

  1. A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
  2. Pewter vessels in general.
  3. Something added for embellishment.
  4. Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
  5. Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
  6. Fetters.
  7. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
  8. Cash.

Proper noun

  1. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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