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relish

/ˈɹɛ.lɪʃ/

noun

Meaning

  • A pleasant taste

  • Enjoyment; pleasure.

  • A quality or characteristic tinge.

  • (followed by "for") A taste (for); liking (of); fondness.

  • A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.

  • In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

  • Something that is greatly liked or savoured.

verb

Meaning

  • To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of

  • To take great pleasure in.

    "He relishes their time together."

  • To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.

  • To give a taste to; to cause to taste nice, to make appetizing.

  • To give pleasure.