how to pronounce zest

/zɛst/

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zest is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of zest in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… to celebrate his zest for life and as …”

meanings of zest

noun:

Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
General vibrance of flavour.
The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.

verb:

To scrape the zest from a fruit.
To make more zesty.

zest frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word zest occurs in english on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics zest can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that zest can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;