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First-class food garnish
Answer for the clue "First-class food garnish ", 7 letters:
topping
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"an act of putting a top on," c.1500, verbal noun from top (v.). Meaning "an act of cutting the top off" is from 1510s. Meaning "top layer of a food" is from 1839,
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ vanilla ice cream with a chocolate topping EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Cream of the crop: custard topping adds a crafty touch to Pear tart. ▪ Disadvantage: regular topping up is essential. ▪ On pasta, it means tomato-based ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 (context UK informal dated English) wonderful 2 (context archaic English) Assuming superiority; proud. n. 1 any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza 2 The act of cutting off the top of something. 3 (context ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" [syn: exceed , transcend , overstep , pass , go past ] pass by, over, or under without making contact; "the balloon cleared the tree tops" [syn: clear ] be at the top ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Topping is an Old English/ Norse origin it means dweller on top of the hill. The surname Topping may refer to: Chris Topping (born 1951), English former footballer Dan Topping (1912–1974), former owner of the New York Yankees George Topping (1881–after ...
Usage examples of topping.
Topping it off, the newly merged company was still struggling through the basics, including the selection of its independent accounting firm.
But now he saw that it was obviously two thirds of the way down, quite near the architrave topping the huge useless Gothic gateway set between Estrey and Morton.
In Asian countries, natto traditionally is served as a topping for rice, in miso soups, or stirred into vegetables.
On either side innumerable huge Leyden jars stood ranged in rows, tier topping tier, while above them were columns of Voltaic cells.
She picked at the Anglesey eggs, scooping a tiny portion of the grilled cheese topping, and stole another glance at Brock.
Peanuts and peanut butter have anticancer properties and make a great topping on toast or a slice of banana or piece of celery.
And the sign of your top-flight carnie was the way I scored those toppings.
Ajax put him into the row behind Gosport again, topping the cane and trimming the trash, and piling the stalks in the stubble as the cutters advanced.
After topping several sandy dunes, they stopped by the pathside in the shade of a mixed forest of beach umbrella trees, bagpipe bushes, clove trees, and ladyfinger and palm trees.
As he narrowed his eyes to peer into the distance, the watcher made out the first penitentes topping the hill.
Topping, business partner of Leo Felix, the Rastafarian automotive dealer who ran Jah Cars, the previously-owned-car emporium down beside the canal.
Frank Doherty, Dick Stens, John Brownell the short guys, Wilbert Huff, Bud White topping six.
Jak tried different combinations, gobbling some thimbleberries and smoked cod, following that up with some bottled water and topping off the meal with curried pickles.
After topping Ashby Gap, Dan pulled off into the booming metropolis of Paris, Virginia, population about eighty-six.
But to this house had been added towers, oriel windows, and cathedral windows, these last with a topping of painted bargeboards, like icing on a cake, utterly out of keeping with anything else.