"zest" Definition

Definitions for the word "zest" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
1 piquancy; stimulating flavour or quality. 2 a keen enjoyment or interest. B (often foll. By for) relish. C gusto. 3 scraping of orange or lemon peel as flavouring. zestful adj. Zestfully adv. [french]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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