Usually means: Adding flavorful outer peel citrus.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. zest: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. zest: Merriam-Webster
  3. zest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. zest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. zest: Collins English Dictionary
  6. zest: Vocabulary.com
  7. Zest, zest: Wordnik
  8. zest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Zest: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. zest: Wiktionary
  11. zest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. zest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. zest: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. zest: Dictionary.com
  15. zest: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. zest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Zest (brand), Zest (disambiguation), Zest (ingredient), Zest (magazine), Zest (positive psychology), Zest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Zest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. zest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. zest: Rhymezone
  21. zest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. zest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. zest: FreeDictionary.org
  24. zest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. zest: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. zest: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. zest: Linda's Culinary Dictionary
  2. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. zest: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ZEST: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. ZEST: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ZEST: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. zest: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Culinary Cafe (No longer online)

(Note: See zestful as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
noun:  General vibrance of flavour.
noun:  (by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
noun:  (rare) The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
noun:  (slang, LGBTQ, derogatory) State of being effeminate or a flamboyant homosexual.
verb:  (cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit.
verb:  To make more zesty.

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