ZEST meaning: Adding flavorful outer peel citrus

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General (28 matching dictionaries)

zest: Merriam-Webster.com
zest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
zest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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Zest, zest: Wordnik
zest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Zest: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
zest: Wiktionary
zest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
zest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
zest: Infoplease Dictionary
zest: Dictionary.com
zest: Online Etymology Dictionary
zest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Zest (brand), Zest (disambiguation), Zest (ingredient), Zest (magazine), Zest (positive psychology), Zest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Zest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
zest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
zest: Rhymezone
zest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
zest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
zest: Free Dictionary
zest: Mnemonic Dictionary
zest: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
zest: Dictionary/thesaurus
zest: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)

zest: Linda's Culinary Dictionary
Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
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zest: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

ZEST: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
ZEST: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

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Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

ZEST: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

zest: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
▸ noun:  General vibrance of flavour.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
▸ noun:  (rare) The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
▸ noun:  (slang, LGBT, derogatory) State of being effeminate or a flamboyant homosexual.
▸ verb:  (cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit.
▸ verb:  To make more zesty.

Similar:

spice up, spice, nip, tang, relish, piquance, piquancy, tanginess, gusto, succade, more...

Opposite:

apathy, indifference

Types:

lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, tangerine, mandarin, pomelo, kumquat, bitter orange, more...

Phrases:

lemon zest, orange zest, AirAsia Zest, zest for life, to add zest to, more...

Adjectives:

lemon, great, new, orange, grated, more, equal, additional, added, keen, fresh

Colors:

lemon, lime, tangerine, orange, mandarin, apricot, peach, mango, pineapple, saffron

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