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UK
/sˈeɪvɜːɹi/
]
NOUN
- either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family
- an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre
ADJECTIVE
- pleasing to the sense of taste
-
morally wholesome or acceptable
a past that was scarcely savory - having an agreeably pungent taste
How To Use savoury In A Sentence
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- Once again we appeal to these unsavoury people to please stop this silly nonsense.
- My wife, Jayne, enjoyed the mini savoury selection which consisted of crunchy onion bhajis, aloo tikkas, spinach pakoras and vegetable samosas all deep fried and served with two dips.
- My poached cod with lobster sauce and brandade was bright with a savoury-citrus flavour. Times, Sunday Times