Topic: TASTES
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sa‧vour‧y1 British English ; savory American English

1 British EnglishCT savoury food tastes of salt [≠ sweet]:
savoury party snacks
pancakes with sweet and savoury fillings
savoury party snacks
pancakes with sweet and savoury fillings2CT a savoury smell or taste is strong and pleasant but is not sweet
3 unpleasant or morally unacceptable [↪ unsavoury]:
Some of the customers in the pub looked none too savoury.
not very savoury/none too savoury
Some of the customers in the pub looked none too savoury.