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zest
1. To add a zest or relish to; make piquant, literally or figuratively.
2. To cut, as the peel of an orange or a lemon from top to bottom into thin slips, or to squeeze, as orange-peel, over the surface of anything.
noun
1. Flavor or interest; piquancy.
2. Spirited enjoyment; gusto: "At 53 he retains all the heady zest of adolescenceā ( Kenneth Tynan).
3. The outermost part of the rind of an orange, lemon, or other citrus fruit, used as flavoring.
4. Enthusiasm.
5. The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
verb
1. To scrape the zest from a fruit.
2. To make more zesty.
3. Add herbs or spices to.
verb-transitive
1. To give zest, charm, or spirit to.
2. To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.
3. To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of.
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zest | 13 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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es | 2 |
et | 2 |
te | 2 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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est | 3 |
set | 3 |
tes | 3 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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zest | 13 |