spicery

Aromatic seasoning stockpile

Spicery is an archaic or literary term for spices collectively, or a place where spices are stored.

Medieval households of means kept a spicery stocked with expensive imports: The cook retrieved cinnamon from the spicery.

The word survives mainly in historical fiction and period pieces.

collection

seasonings

Flavor-adding ingredients

herbs · blends · mixtures · powders · seeds · barks · roots · peppercorns · cinnamon · nutmeg

trade

merchant

One who sells wares

commerce · import · export · commodity · cargo · dhow · Venice · pepper · luxury · monopoly

place

emporium

Large varied retail store

trading post · souk · vendor · grocer · herbalist · purveyor · warehouse · depot · storehouse · counting house

Opposites
flavor intensity

spiceryblandness

Absence of distinctive qualities

insipidity · tastelessness · plainness · mildness · flavorlessness

culinary value/exoticism

spicerystaples

Small metal paper-binders

peasant food · gruel · hardtack · local produce

Phrases
Family

spice, spices, spiced, spiceless, spicer

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G