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A savory snack.
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Tasty, attractive to the palate.
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The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
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Salty and/or spicy, but not sweet.
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The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
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Umami, modern
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The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam.
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Morally or ethically acceptable.
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Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.
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Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
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The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.