Delectable
adjective
Extremely pleasant to taste or smell.
The delectable aroma of the freshly baked bread filled the room.
Often appears as...
- delectable food
- delectable aroma
adjective
Very attractive or delightful; charming.
She wore a delectable dress at the party.
Often appears as...
- delectable view
- delectable beauty
adjective
Extremely pleasant to taste or smell.
The delectable aroma of the freshly baked bread filled the room.
Often appears as...
- delectable food
- delectable aroma
adjective
Very attractive or delightful; charming.
She wore a delectable dress at the party.
Often appears as...
- delectable view
- delectable beauty
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Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Pleasure
Use 'delectable' to express sensory delight, mostly related to taste and smell.
The chef prepared a delectable chocolate dessert.
Pro Tip 2/3Enhances Descriptions
'Delectable' makes descriptions more vivid, indicating something is especially delicious.
We indulged in the delectable cuisine of Italy.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Food
Although often used for food, 'delectable' can describe any delightful smell.
She was enthralled by the delectable scent of the roses.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Pleasure
Use 'delectable' to express sensory delight, mostly related to taste and smell.
The chef prepared a delectable chocolate dessert.
Pro Tip 2/3Enhances Descriptions
'Delectable' makes descriptions more vivid, indicating something is especially delicious.
We indulged in the delectable cuisine of Italy.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Food
Although often used for food, 'delectable' can describe any delightful smell.
She was enthralled by the delectable scent of the roses.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Pleasure
Use 'delectable' to express sensory delight, mostly related to taste and smell.
The chef prepared a delectable chocolate dessert.
Pro Tip 2/3Enhances Descriptions
'Delectable' makes descriptions more vivid, indicating something is especially delicious.
We indulged in the delectable cuisine of Italy.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Food
Although often used for food, 'delectable' can describe any delightful smell.
She was enthralled by the delectable scent of the roses.
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The world’s most painful...
One of these creatures is thought to possess the world’s most painful insect sting. If you were to guess, would it the ant that forages in rainforest canopies? The bee that protects a hive of delectable honey? Or the wasp that paralyzes tarantulas?
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Centipede vs....
go after larger meals up to an including grasshopper mice like this one the giant centipede finds the babies especially delectable easily devouring one by itself the centipede is on the prowl the grasshopper mice are ready and willing
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Barbara Block: Tagging...
is really wiping bluefin ecologically off the planet. Now bluefin, in general, goes to one Japan. Some of you may be guilty of having contributed to the demise of bluefin. They're delectable muscle, rich in fat --
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Would You Eat Dead Rat?...
and his friends it's a delectable morsel taboo or not the hunters can already taste their feast if a tradition holds that those who hunt get first claim to their quarry a fortunate custom when pickings are small
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Why are there so many...
that's why we have apples called Pink Lady, Sweet Tango, Kiku, and EverCrisp. The more we work with nature's bounty to breed new cultivars, the more creative and delectable these names will become.
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To Remember or Not to...
delectable strawberries ah lass a juicy orange and pear as well did it also have an apple and cherry yes fair maiden Kiwis and ripe melons too but not a vegetable in sight
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Eating Bats PIPE National...
in the far reaches of Papua New Guinea the Caron tribesmen hunt a delectable dish it has fur fangs and claws and it's not something most Westerners with dare
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Eating Bats PIPE National...
in the far reaches of Papua New Guinea the Caron tribesman hunt a delectable dish it has fur fangs and claws and it's not something most Westerners with dare
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Centipede vs....
go after larger meals up to an including grasshopper mice like this one the giant centipede finds the babies especially delectable easily devouring one by
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Baby Gator Hideout PIPE...
delectable helpless hatchling Gators the skunk hones in on the hatchlings cries Gator mom is having none of us
Video examples
The world’s most painful...
One of these creatures is thought to possess the world’s most painful insect sting. If you were to guess, would it the ant that forages in rainforest canopies? The bee that protects a hive of delectable honey? Or the wasp that paralyzes tarantulas?
Video examples
Centipede vs....
go after larger meals up to an including grasshopper mice like this one the giant centipede finds the babies especially delectable easily devouring one by itself the centipede is on the prowl the grasshopper mice are ready and willing
Video examples
Barbara Block: Tagging...
is really wiping bluefin ecologically off the planet. Now bluefin, in general, goes to one Japan. Some of you may be guilty of having contributed to the demise of bluefin. They're delectable muscle, rich in fat --
Video examples
Would You Eat Dead Rat?...
and his friends it's a delectable morsel taboo or not the hunters can already taste their feast if a tradition holds that those who hunt get first claim to their quarry a fortunate custom when pickings are small
Video examples
Why are there so many...
that's why we have apples called Pink Lady, Sweet Tango, Kiku, and EverCrisp. The more we work with nature's bounty to breed new cultivars, the more creative and delectable these names will become.
Video examples
To Remember or Not to...
delectable strawberries ah lass a juicy orange and pear as well did it also have an apple and cherry yes fair maiden Kiwis and ripe melons too but not a vegetable in sight
Video examples
Eating Bats PIPE National...
in the far reaches of Papua New Guinea the Caron tribesmen hunt a delectable dish it has fur fangs and claws and it's not something most Westerners with dare
Video examples
Eating Bats PIPE National...
in the far reaches of Papua New Guinea the Caron tribesman hunt a delectable dish it has fur fangs and claws and it's not something most Westerners with dare
Video examples
Centipede vs....
go after larger meals up to an including grasshopper mice like this one the giant centipede finds the babies especially delectable easily devouring one by
Video examples
Baby Gator Hideout PIPE...
delectable helpless hatchling Gators the skunk hones in on the hatchlings cries Gator mom is having none of us
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Quote examples
Kate Christensen
American Novelist
Of course, eating broccoli raw, nutritionally and aesthetically speaking, is no doubt the best way of all. Raw broccoli makes a delectable salad when sliced into thin strips on a mandolin, marinated in lemon-mustard vinaigrette, then tossed with toasted pecans or hazelnuts, halved cherry tomatoes, and fresh minced basil.
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Martha Stewart
Entertainer
I am often asked the question: 'What is your favorite type of food?' Although I always answer Japanese, the real response should be and is pierogi, the delectable Polish dumplings that my mother, Big Martha, made so well in many incarnations: potato, sweet cabbage, blueberry, peach, plum, and apricot.
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Lucretius
Roman Poet
Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.
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Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
As lightly toned by reality as the women on 'Sex and the City,' the bold, soigne characters on 'The L Word' suggest that L is also for limerence, that rapturous state of early love when the entire world is glowing and delectable.
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Marquis de Sade
French Novelist
She had already allowed her delectable lover to pluck that flower which, so different from the rose to which it is nevertheless sometimes compared, has not the same faculty of being reborn each spring.
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Erin Morgenstern
American Writer
You don't have to be a chef or even a particularly good cook to experience proper kitchen alchemy: the moment when ingredients combine to form something more delectable than the sum of their parts.
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Natalie Jeremijenko
Australian Artist
I believe in a tongue-first exploration of the world. Food is our most immediate daily relationship to our ecosystem, and there is something delectable and intriguing about it.
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Maurice Blanchot
French Writer
Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud.
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Beverley Nichols
English Writer
To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.
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Lizzy Caplan
American Actress
I find reality television to be so delectable.
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Kate Christensen
American Novelist
Of course, eating broccoli raw, nutritionally and aesthetically speaking, is no doubt the best way of all. Raw broccoli makes a delectable salad when sliced into thin strips on a mandolin, marinated in lemon-mustard vinaigrette, then tossed with toasted pecans or hazelnuts, halved cherry tomatoes, and fresh minced basil.
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Martha Stewart
Entertainer
I am often asked the question: 'What is your favorite type of food?' Although I always answer Japanese, the real response should be and is pierogi, the delectable Polish dumplings that my mother, Big Martha, made so well in many incarnations: potato, sweet cabbage, blueberry, peach, plum, and apricot.
Quote examples
Lucretius
Roman Poet
Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.
Quote examples
Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
As lightly toned by reality as the women on 'Sex and the City,' the bold, soigne characters on 'The L Word' suggest that L is also for limerence, that rapturous state of early love when the entire world is glowing and delectable.
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Marquis de Sade
French Novelist
She had already allowed her delectable lover to pluck that flower which, so different from the rose to which it is nevertheless sometimes compared, has not the same faculty of being reborn each spring.
Quote examples
Erin Morgenstern
American Writer
You don't have to be a chef or even a particularly good cook to experience proper kitchen alchemy: the moment when ingredients combine to form something more delectable than the sum of their parts.
Quote examples
Natalie Jeremijenko
Australian Artist
I believe in a tongue-first exploration of the world. Food is our most immediate daily relationship to our ecosystem, and there is something delectable and intriguing about it.
Quote examples
Maurice Blanchot
French Writer
Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud.
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Beverley Nichols
English Writer
To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.
Quote examples
Lizzy Caplan
American Actress
I find reality television to be so delectable.
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