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flavorless |
flavorlessness |
flavorous |
flavorsome |
flavorsomeness |
flavour
| flavoured
| flavourer
| flavourful
| flavouring
| flavourless
flavour
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun flavour has 3 senses
- flavour(n = noun.state) feel, feeling, flavor, 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
- flavour(n = noun.cognition) flavor - (physics) the six kinds of quarks; Array is a kind of form, kind, sort, variety
- flavour(n = noun.cognition) flavor, 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
has particulars: hollywood, zeitgeist
has particulars: charm, strangeness
has particulars: lemon, vanilla
Derived forms verb flavour1, adjective flavourous1
Verb flavour has 1 sense
- flavour(v = verb.perception) flavor, season - lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it" Derived forms noun flavour3, noun flavourer1, noun flavouring1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
flavour, n. & v. (US flavor)
--n.
1 a distinctive mingled sensation of smell and taste (has a cheesy flavour).
2 an indefinable characteristic quality (music with a romantic flavour).
3 (usu. foll. by of) a slight admixture of a usu. undesirable quality (the flavour of failure hangs over the enterprise).
4 esp. US = FLAVOURING.
--v.tr. give flavour to; season.
--n.
1 a distinctive mingled sensation of smell and taste (has a cheesy flavour).
2 an indefinable characteristic quality (music with a romantic flavour).
3 (usu. foll. by of) a slight admixture of a usu. undesirable quality (the flavour of failure hangs over the enterprise).
4 esp. US = FLAVOURING.
--v.tr. give flavour to; season.
Idiom
flavour of the month (or week) a temporary trend or fashion.
Derivative
flavourful adj. flavourless adj. flavoursome adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF flaor perh. f. L flatus blowing & foetor stench: assim. to savour
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