savour

[ UK /sˈe‍ɪvɐ/ ]
VERB
  1. derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
    She relished her fame and basked in her glory
  2. have flavor; taste of something
  3. taste appreciatively
    savor the soup
  4. give taste to
NOUN
  1. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
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How To Use savour In A Sentence

  • The whole lecture has a morally subversive ring, and the savour of antinomianism about it.
  • Some savoury recipes also use rhubarb, as its tanginess makes it an ideal accompaniment for fatty meats or oily fish.
  • If anything he is a decent copper and he'll usually only collar unsavoury characters. The Sun
  • Instantly a dozen knowing eyes were fixed on it, and a buzz of voices was heard; and soon Gerard saw the prior point more than once, and the monk came back, looking as proud as Punch, with a savoury crustade ryal, or game pie gravied and spiced, for Gerard, and a silver grace cup full of rich pimentum. The Cloister and the Hearth
  • The octopus was tender and tangy, with a savour of the sea.
  • Home grown herbs would have included coriander, dill, thyme, opium poppy and summer savoury.
  • Move on to complex appetizers like pheasant ballottine, a cylinder of braised meat surrounded by a savoury sauce and tiny little apples.
  • Here, we gleefully slosh about in communal pools of thick brown gloop, pouring it over ourselves with plastic pails and savouring the eucalyptus-like aroma, before washing it off under hot jets of salty spring water.
  • Handvo" is a cherished gujarati recipe which can be called a savoury steamed vegetable cornmeal cake, and is filled with several nutritious ingredients. Handvo - Healthy Vegetable Cornmeal Cake
  • A deserved multi-award-winner that's almost savoury but never boorish. Times, Sunday Times
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