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savory

adjective noun

Having a pleasant taste

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Word length
6
Starts with
S
Ends with
Y
Contains
AV
Scrabble score
12
CEFR level
C1

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adjective

  1. Having a pleasant taste

adjective

  1. Morally wholesome or acceptable

    “A past that was scarcely savory”

adjective

  1. Having an agreeably pungent taste

noun

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

noun

  1. Either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family

noun

  1. Dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions

noun

  1. Any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees

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A past that was scarcely savory

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