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seasonal worker |
seasonally |
seasoned |
seasoned salt |
seasoner |
seasoning
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| seat belt
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seasoning
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun seasoning has 2 senses
- seasoning(n = noun.food) flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts; Array has particulars: cola extract, anchovy paste, bouillon cube, condiment, herb, spice, peppermint oil, spearmint oil, lemon oil, oil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil, common salt, salt, table salt, celery salt, garlic salt, onion salt, seasoned salt, sour salt, ginger, gingerroot, pepper, peppercorn, sassafras, coriander, coriander seed, fennel seed, fenugreek, fenugreek seed, ail, garlic, garlic chive, mustard seed, nasturtium, turmeric, cardamom, cardamon, cardamum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, red pepper, chili powder, curry powder, paprika, angelica, almond extract, anise, anise seed, aniseed, juniper berries, saffron, benniseed, sesame seed, caraway seed, poppy seed, dill seed, celery seed, lemon extract, monosodium glutamate, msg, vanilla bean, vanilla, vanilla extract, sweetener, sweetening, mocha, cassareep
- seasoning(n = noun.act) Array - the act of adding a seasoning to food; Array is a kind of change of state
is a kind of fixings, ingredient
Derived form verb season1
is a part of cookery, cooking, preparation
has particulars: salting, sweetening
Derived form verb season1
CIDE DICTIONARY
seasoning, n.
- The act or process by which anything is seasoned. [1913 Webster]
- That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment. [1913 Webster]
- Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation. [1913 Webster]"Political speculations are of so dry and austere a nature, that they will not go down with the public without frequent seasonings." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
seasoning
ability, acclimation, acclimatization, accommodation, accustoming, adaption, adjustment, aging, anhydration, background, beautification, blaseness, blast-freezing, bottling, breaking, breaking-in, brining, canning, capability, case hardening, competence, competency, condiment, condiments, condition, conditioning, corning, curing, dash, dehydration, desiccation, development, domestication, dry-curing, drying, elaboration, embalming, embellishment, evaporation, evolution, experience, familiarization, fitness, fittedness, flavor, flavorer, flavoring, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, habituation, hardening, hint, housebreaking, infusion, inkling, intimation, inurement, irradiation, jerking, marination, mastery, maturation, maturescence, maturity, mellowing, mummification, naturalization, orientation, past experience, perfection, pickling, potting, practical knowledge, practice, preparedness, proficiency, qualification, quick-freezing, readiness, refinement, refrigeration, relish, ripeness, ripening, sagacity, salting, sauce, seasoner, senescence, shade, smack, smoking, sophistication, soupcon, spice, sprinkling, stuffing, suggestion, suitability, suitableness, suitedness, suspicion, taint, taming, taxidermy, tempering, thought, tinct, tincture, tinge, tinning, tint, touch, trace, training, trim, vestige, worldly wisdom, zestROGET THESAURUS
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Habit
N habit, habitude, assuetude, assuefaction, wont, run, way, common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things, matter of course, beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground, prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice, prevalence, observance, conventionalism, conventionality, mode, fashion, vogue, etiquette, order of the day, cry, conformity, consuetude, dustoor, one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae, laudator temporis acti, rule, standing order, precedent, routine, red-tape, red-tapism, pipe clay, rut, groove, cacoethes, bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit, intrinsic habit, addiction, trick, training, seasoning, second nature, acclimatization, knack, habitual, accustomary, prescriptive, accustomed, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence, consuetudinary, wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, garden variety, jog, trot, well-trodden, well-known, familiar, vernacular, trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established, stereotyped, prevailing, prevalent, current, received, acknowledged, recognized, accredited, of course, admitted, understood, conformable, according to use, according to custom, according to routine, in vogue, in fashion, in, with it, fashionable, wont, used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to, habituated, in the habit of, habitue, at home in, seasoned, imbued with, devoted to, wedded to, hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted, permanent, inveterate, besetting, naturalized, ingrained, habitually, always, as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as the sparks fly upwards, more suo, more solito, ex more, as a rule, for the most part, usually, generally, typically, most often, most frequently, cela s'entend, abeunt studia in mores, adeo in teneris consuescere multum est, consuetudo quasi altera natura, hoc erat in more majorum, How use doth breed a habit in a man!, magna est vis consuetudinis, morent fecerat usus.Mixture
N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd, mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.Physical Energy
N energy, physical energy, force, power, keenness, intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity, go, high pressure, fire, rush, acrimony, acritude, causiticity, virulence, poignancy, harshness, severity, edge, point, pungency, cantharides, seasoning, activity, agitation, effervescence, ferment, fermentation, ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle, voluntary energy, quicksilver, resolution, exertion, excitation, strong, energetic, forcible, active, intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk, rousing, irritation, poignant, virulent, caustic, corrosive, mordant, harsh, stringent, double-edged, double-shotted, double- distilled, drastic, escharotic, racy, potent, radioactive, strongly, fortiter in re, with telling effect, the steam is up, vires acquirit eundo, the race by vigor not by vaunts is won.Pungency
N pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race, sharpness, acrimony, roughness, unsavoriness, mustard, cayenne, caviare, seasoning, niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness), carbonate of ammonia, sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts, hartshorn (acridity), dram, cordial, nip, nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke, segar, cigar, cigarette, weed, fragrant weed, Indian weed, Cavendish, fid, negro head, old soldier, rappee, stogy, pungent, strong, high-, full-flavored, high-tasted, high-seasoned, gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy, biting, mordant, spicy, seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, rough, unsavory.Condiment
N condiment, seasoning, sauce, spice, relish, appetizer, salt, mustard, grey poupon mustard, pepper, black pepper, white pepper, peppercorn, curry, sauce piquante, caviare, onion, garlic, pickle, achar, allspice, bell pepper, Jamaica pepper, green pepper, chutney, cubeb, pimento, capsicum, red pepper, chili peppers, cayenne, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, oregano, cloves, fennel, pot herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, marjoram, frankincense, balm, myrrh, paprika, saffron, ginger, turmeric.
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