zest.
The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
Meaning & usage
The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
The orange zest gives the strong flavor in this dish.
General vibrance of flavour.
I add zest to the meat by rubbing it with a spice mixture before grilling.
Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; exciting and interesting; relish or gusto; a state of being zesty.
Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.
The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
State of being a flamboyant or effeminate homosexual.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French zeste.
To scrape the zest from a fruit.
To make more zesty.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French zeste.
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