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# savory

«savory» in Mova's school dictionary: **American spelling of «savoury»: see «savoury»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (savory, more savory, most savory)

### meaning for a pupil

American spelling of «savoury»: see «savoury». Tasty and salty or meaty, not sweet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savory/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories the smell of cooking food that makes you hungry

### examples

- Now and then he sniffed the savory odor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savory/#x1)
- There is a savory fire in his front yard! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savory/#x2)
- Crisps and cheese are savory snacks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savory/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «savory» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savory/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.