Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A substance, such as a relish, vinegar, or spice, used to flavor or complement food.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Something used to give relish to food; a relish; seasoning; sauce.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment
Etymologies
- From Latin condimentum, from condire ("to preserve, pickle, season"). See condite and compare recondite. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French, from Latin condīmentum, from condīre, to season. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But it's still a unique, spicy, good eatin 'condiment that is worth a try.”
“IF the condiment is totally new to you and so you are having trouble deciding what it should taste like, I recommend setting it aside until you have the rice vermicelli made, and then drizzling a little on the noodles and judging from that.”
“I read later that the chili condiment is made with buffalo hide (yum)”
“Also, I believe that choosing a condiment is a form of self-expression, and in the context of sandwich eating I express my inner longings through judicious application or withholding of mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, and even barbecue sauce.”
“Indians rarely if ever use this condiment, which is so essential to the civilized white.”
Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography
“Some varieties of them are dried and used as a condiment, that is, to season or give relish to food, but as they are never used as a vegetable, they are not included here.”
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables
“For a condiment is a thing which, while itself being eaten, causes other things to be eaten; the meaning of the passage, therefore, is that while death itself is consumed, being a condiment as it were, there is at the same time eaten whatever is flavoured or made palatable by death, and that is the entire world of beings in which the Brahmans and Kshattriyas hold the foremost place.”
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
“I'm not saying "Don't use mayonnaise, period!" because in the case of the ebi tempura roll, the condiment was a welcomed complement.”
“Lamb Steak with Gremolata: Gremolata is a fresh Italian "condiment" that is most frequently used to top meats but is sometimes used on vegetables.”
“Check out the Mama Says page for cooking tips from a Vietnamese mom with gems like, When bringing home your bottle of fish sauce (or any other kind of condiment), avoid laying them down in the bag or in your car.”
You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » 2004 » December
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘condiment’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Words that sound dirty but aren't.
When you want to be pedantic AND childish.
titular, masticate, condiment, titmouse, penal, formication, social intercourse, assassination, cacophony, lucubrate, rectify, banal and 131 more...
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Condiments
ketchup, catsup, mustard, relish, mayo, mayonnaise, condiment, horseradish, wasabi, mango pickle, mint chutney, Sabrett's Prepare... and 38 more...
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TECH - food processing
fillet, cereal, riser, puree, mixer, absorbent material, active agent, additive, animal fat, animal product, antibacterial, antifungal and 81 more...
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writing first chapter
revolve, vital, necessity, depict, archery, indegenous, native, lacrosse, similarly, recess, composition, indicator and 91 more...
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elvesoncrack's Words
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vinyl's Words
deliverator, finna, metric fuckton, fag, hyphy, ginormous, sacrilicious, fantabulous, macaca, n-word, pterodactyl, genious and 560 more...
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Not Quite As Awful As They Sound
masticate, absquatulate, adumbrate, afflatus, fetial, anile, bilabial, cineaste, smew, copse, piebald, testudinate and 156 more...
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SAT PSAT ALPHABETICAL C
cabal, cache, cacophony, cadaverous, cadence, cajole, callous, callow, calumny, calvary, camaraderie, canard and 199 more...
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Spelling Bee list 2011
Abalone, ablution, absolution, aboriginally, abstemious, academician, acclamation, accommodation, acculturation, acetic, acetone, acme and 590 more...
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worddom
put words in their place
theca, wisdom, kingdom, freedom, boredom, seldom, martyrdom, abdomen, doom, samhita, duma, dumka and 151 more...
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the catch-all
inveigle, frontier, invective, quizzical, merit, proficiency, eleemosynary, ham-handed, circumspect, epergne, cobble, industriousness and 201 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Sat Vocabulary List
abandon, abash, abate, abjure, ablution, abnegate, abominable, aboriginal, abortive, abrade, abridge, abrogate and 2155 more...
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Words That Sound Dirty but Really Aren't
annals, assassinate, bisect, bubbly, caucus, caulk, colloquialism, concoct, condominium, congeal, congenital, convex and 131 more...
Tweets
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ruzuzu "Before 1500, seasoning; earlier, a pickling fluid (probably 1440); borrowed from Middle French condiment, from Latin condimentum spice, from condire to preserve, season, a variant (perhaps influenced by sallire to salt, preserve) of condere to make, build, lay up, store, preserve (con- together + -dere to put, place)."
- The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology Jun 21, 2010
chained_bear Long conversation on barbecue. Jun 11, 2009