Dictionary  gar•nishPronunciation: (gär'nish), [key] —v.t. 1. to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate. 2. to provide (a food) with something that adds flavor, decorative color, etc.: to garnish boiled potatoes with chopped parsley. 3. Law. a. to attach (as money due or property belonging to a debtor) by garnishment; garnishee. b. to summon in, so as to take part in litigation already pending between others. —n. 1. something placed around or on a food or in a beverage to add flavor, decorative color, etc. 2. adornment or decoration. 3. Chiefly Brit.a fee formerly demanded of a new convict or worker by the warden, boss, or fellow prisoners or workers. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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