Condiment meaning

kŏn'də-mənt
The definition of a condiment is a seasoning or other edible substance used to improve the taste of food.

An example of condiment is mustard.

An example of condiment is pickle relish.

An example of condiment is salt.

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A seasoning or relish for food.
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A substance, such as a relish, vinegar, or spice, used to flavor or complement food.
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Something used to enhance the flavor of food; salt or pepper for example.
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Anything added to a prepared food, often, specif., to a sandwich, to add flavor, as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, onions, pickles, etc.
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Origin of condiment

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin condīmentum from condīre to season dhē- in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Old French condiment, from Latin condimentum, from condire (“to preserve, pickle, season”). See condite and compare recondite.
    From Wiktionary

Condiment Sentence Examples

  • But put an extra condiment into your dish, and it will poison you.

  • Cinnamon is principally employed in cookery as a condiment and flavouring material, being largely used in the preparation of some kinds of chocolate and liqueurs.

  • Laristan is famous for the condiment called mahiabeh (fish-jelly), a compound of pounded small sprat-like fish, salt, mustard, nutmeg, cloves and other spices, used as a relish with nearly all foods.

  • Of him Edward Eggleston says: "A strange mixture of rashness, pious zeal, genial manners, hot temper, and harsh bigotry, his extravagances supply the condiment of humour to a very serious history - it is perhaps the principal debt posterity owes him."

  • The economic importance of salt is further indicated by the almost universal prevalence in ancient and medieval times, and indeed in most countries down to the present day, of salt taxes or of government monopolies, which have not often been directed, as they were in ancient Rome, to enable every one to procure so necessary a condiment at a moderate price.

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