flavor
Other forms: flavored; flavors; flavoring
Flavor is the way something tastes. If an ice cream shop offers 50 flavors, each one of them will taste different.
The flavor of your soup can be adjusted by adding salt — and when you add ingredients to change a food's taste, you can say you flavor it. From the flavor of food comes the sense of flavor meaning "atmosphere" or "feeling." You could say, for example, that you're not crazy about a particular clothing shop because it has such a glitzy, expensive flavor. Flavor initially meant "smell," from the Vulgar Latin flator, "odor."
Definitions of flavor
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the taste experience when a savory condiment is taken into the mouth
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types:
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lemon
a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
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vanilla
a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans
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type of:
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gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation
the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
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lemon
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the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
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types:
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Hollywood
a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry
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Zeitgeist
the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation
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type of:
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ambiance, ambience, atmosphere
a particular environment or surrounding influence
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Hollywood
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lend flavor to
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types:
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sauce
dress (food) with a relish
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curry
season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
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resinate
impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to
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spice, spice up, zest
add herbs or spices to
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savor, savour
give taste to
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salt
add salt to
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ginger
add ginger to in order to add flavor
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pepper
add pepper to
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(physics) the six kinds of quarks
Pronunciation
US
/ˈfleɪvər/
UK
/ˈfleɪvə/
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