Word Definition

Garnish

  1. To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
  2. To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
  3. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
  4. Fetters.
  5. Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
  6. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
  7. To furnish; to supply.
  8. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.
  9. To fit with fetters.