Zest
Meaning of Zest
Great enthusiasm; citrus peel.
ما معنى كلمة Zest بالعربي؟
حماس وطاقة
🍋⚡ حماس وطاقة عالية للحياة، نشاط واندفاع وشغف قوي تجاه العمل أو الحياة أو تحقيق الأهداف مع روح إيجابية مفعمة بالحيوية ⚡🔥
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Zest in a sentence
Zest for learning rose.
Zest drives start-ups.
Zest is not a legal term.
Add lemon zest.
Origin of Zest
From French zeste.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, zest has two senses. GL learners show zest.
Zest audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Zest" — noun, pronounced /zest/, with the stress on "zest".
Narrator: Zest is the grated outer skin of a lemon, lime or orange, or great enthusiasm and energy.
Narrator: In plain English, it is citrus peel, or lots of enthusiasm.
Narrator: It comes from French zeste, citrus peel.
Narrator: A common collocation is "zest for life", which describes enthusiasm and energy.
Narrator: It differs from "rind", because zest is only the coloured outer layer, not the bitter white pith.
Narrator: In a second sense, zest can be a verb, meaning to grate the peel.
Narrator: Cooking, baking, wellbeing and writing all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: zest adds flavour to food and life.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: What makes this cake so fresh?
Speaker B: Lemon ZEST! From French zeste.
Speaker A: Just the yellow bit?
Speaker B: Not the white pith.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Add the zest of one orange", baking. "She has a real zest for life", personality. "Zest the lime first", cooking.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Use unwaxed fruit for zest, and avoid the bitter white pith.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Peel is its cousin, enthusiasm its twin, and gusto an alternative — yet zest keeps its tangy charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "zest" in AI prompts — useful for recipes and motivational writing.
Speaker A: How for recipes?
Speaker B: Flavour.
Prompt: Give a lemon drizzle recipe that uses both zest and juice.
Speaker A: And writing?
Speaker B: Energy.
Prompt: Write a retirement card message praising someone’s zest for life.
Speaker A: Could it help menus?
Speaker B: Yes, for descriptions.
Prompt: Write a menu line for salmon with lime zest and herbs.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Cooking tips.
Prompt: Explain how to zest a lemon without a zester.
Frequently asked questions about Zest
What does Zest mean?
Great enthusiasm; citrus peel.
ما معنى كلمة Zest بالعربي؟
حماس وطاقة — 🍋⚡ حماس وطاقة عالية للحياة، نشاط واندفاع وشغف قوي تجاه العمل أو الحياة أو تحقيق الأهداف مع روح إيجابية مفعمة بالحيوية ⚡🔥
How do you pronounce Zest?
Zest is pronounced /zest/ and is used as a noun.
How is Zest used in a sentence?
Zest for learning rose.
What are synonyms of Zest?
enthusiasm, gusto, relish, eagerness, peel, rind.