spices
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spice/spʌɪs/
▶noun
- 1 an aromatic or pungent vegetable substance used to flavour food, e.g. pepper.
- 2 an element providing interest and excitement.
- 3 N. English confectionery.
- 1 (often as adj. spiced) flavour with spice.
- 2 (often spice something up) make more exciting or interesting.
– origin ME: shortening of OFr. espice, from L. species ‘sort, kind’, in late L. ‘wares’.
'spices' also found in these Oxford entries:
bhelpuri
- brown sauce
- cassareep
- chaat
- chai
- chilli powder
- chutney
- curcuma
- curry
- curry powder
- dredge
- embalm
- escabeche
- five-spice
- hippocras
- jerk
- marinade
- mincemeat
- mull
- peppery
- piccalilli
- pilau rice
- plum pudding
- pongal
- posset
- potpourri
- pudding
- punch
- rissole
- sambal
- sangaree
- sangria
- sausage meat
- season
- seasoning
- Spanish rice
- tarka dhal
- unseasoned
