Spice

  • 11spice — ► NOUN 1) an aromatic or pungent vegetable substance used to flavour food. 2) an element providing interest and excitement. ► VERB 1) flavour with spice. 2) (spice up) make more exciting or interesting. ORIGIN Old French espice …

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  • 12spice — early 13c., from O.Fr. espice, from L.L. species (pl.) spices, goods, wares, from L. kind, sort (see SPECIES (Cf. species)). Early druggists recognized four types of spices: saffron, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg. Fig. sense of slight touch or trace of …

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  • 13spice — [spīs] n. [ME < OFr espice < L species (see SPECIES): in LL, wares, assorted goods, esp. spices and drugs] 1. a) any of several vegetable substances, as cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, or pepper, used to season food; spices are usually dried for… …

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  • 14spice — index spirit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 15SPICE — es un acrónimo inglés de Simulation Program Integrated Circuits Especially (Programa integrado Especializado en la Simulación de Circuitos). Fue desarrollado por la Universidad de California, Berkeley en 1975 por Donald Pederson. Es un estándar… …

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  • 16spice — *touch, suggestion, suspicion, soupçon, tincture, tinge, shade, smack, dash, vein, strain, streak …

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  • 17spice — [n] flavor, zest aroma, color, excitement, fragrance, gusto, guts*, kick, pep, piquancy, pungency, relish, salt, savor, scent, seasoning, tang, zap*, zip*; concepts 614,673 Ant. blandness, dullness …

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  • 18Spice — A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for the purpose of flavoring, and sometimes as a preservative by killing or preventing the growth of harmful… …

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  • 19Spice — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Spice (значения). Spice Слева направо: Мик Бокс, Пол Ньютон, Дэвид Байрон и (внизу) Найдже …

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  • 20spice — [[t]spa͟ɪs[/t]] spices, spicing, spiced 1) N MASS A spice is a part of a plant, or a powder made from that part, which you put in food to give it flavour. Cinnamon, ginger, and paprika are spices. ...herbs and spices. ...a row of spice jars. 2)… …

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