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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun flavor has 3 senses
- flavor(n = noun.state) feel, feeling, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone - the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" is a kind of ambiance, ambience, atmosphere
- flavor(n = noun.cognition) flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang - the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth; Array is a kind of gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation
- flavor(n = noun.cognition) flavour - (physics) the six kinds of quarks; Array is a kind of form, kind, sort, variety
has particulars: hollywood, zeitgeist
has particulars: lemon, vanilla
Derived forms verb flavor1, adjective flavorous1
has particulars: charm, strangeness
Verb flavor has 1 sense
- flavor(v = verb.perception) flavour, season - lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it" Derived forms noun flavor2, noun flavorer1, noun flavoring1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
flavor, n. [OF. fleur, flaur (two syllables), odor, cf. F. fleurer to emit an odor, It. flatore a bad odor, prob. fr. L. flare to bow, whence the sense of exhalation. Cf. Blow.].
- That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose. [1913 Webster]
- That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink. [1913 Webster]
- That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors. [1913 Webster]
- That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts. [1913 Webster]
flavor, v. t.
To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
flavor
aftertaste, air, ambiance, ambience, aroma, atmosphere, attribute, badge, besprinkle, bitter, brand, breath, breathe, brew, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, color, condiment, condiments, configuration, cut, decoct, definite odor, detectable odor, differentia, differential, distinctive feature, dredge, dye, earmark, effluvium, emanation, entincture, essence, exhalation, extract, feature, feel, feeling, figure, flavorer, flavoring, fragrance, fume, gust, hallmark, hint, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, impress, impression, index, individualism, infiltrate, infuse, instill, keynote, leaven, lineaments, mannerism, mark, marking, mold, nature, odor, palate, particularity, peculiarity, penetrate, pepper, permeate, pervade, piquancy, property, quality, quirk, redolence, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, saturate, sauce, savor, savoriness, scent, seal, season, seasoner, seasoning, sense, shape, singularity, smack, smell, soupcon, sour, specialty, spice, spirit, spoor, stamp, steep, stench, stomach, style, subtle odor, suffuse, suggestion, sweet, taint, tang, taste, tastiness, temper, tincture, tinge, token, tongue, tooth, touch, trace, trail, trait, transfuse, trick, whiff, zestROGET THESAURUS
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Taste
N taste, good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste, delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse, nicety, to prepon, polish, elegance, grace, judgment, discernment, dilettantism, dilettanteism, virtu, fine art, culture, cultivation, aesthetics, man of taste, connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist, caviare to the general, in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic, cultivated, refined, dainty, esthetic, aesthetic, artistic, elegant, euphemistic, to one's taste, to one's mind, after one's fancy, comme il faut, tire a quatre epingles, elegantly, nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, chacun a son gout, oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus, taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor, gout, relish, sapor, sapidity, twang, smack, smatch, aftertaste, tang, tasting, degustation, gustation, palate, tongue, tooth, stomach, sapid, saporific, gustable, gustatory, gustful, strong, gamy, palatable.VB appreciate, judge, criticise, discriminate, taste, savor, smatch, smack, flavor, twang, tickle the palate, smack the lips.
Condiment
VB season, spice, flavor, spice up.
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