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Definition of Condiment
1. Noun. A preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment. "Mustard and ketchup are condiments"
Generic synonyms: Flavorer, Flavoring, Flavourer, Flavouring, Seasoner, Seasoning
Definition of Condiment
1. n. Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.
Definition of Condiment
1. Noun. Something used to enhance the flavor of food; salt or pepper for example. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Condiment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Condiment
Literary usage of Condiment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Young House-keeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery by William Andrus Alcott (1839)
"Should be used, if used at all, principally as a condiment. ... It ought to be
used only as a condiment. I hope to live to see the time when farinaceous ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"If it be true that Amanita muscaria is eaten in Russia, we can only account for
the fact by supposing that some condiment ..."
3. An Account of the Systems of Husbandry Adopted in the More Improved by John Sinclair, Great Britain Board of Agriculture (1814)
"His cows likewise get some turnip once a day in winter and spring, and sometimes
twice ; not so much for food, as for a condiment, or, as he says, ..."
4. Alcohol: its place and power by James Miller (1861)
"Thepower of alcohol as a condiment; ... Every one must at once admit that it has
no analogy whatever to our best and most common condiment, salt. ..."
5. Privates' Manual by James Alfred Moss (1916)
"condiment Can. The condiments (salt and pepper) and coffee are carried in the
tin condiment can. It is divided into two compartments, a and b, for carrying ..."
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