relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang
(noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
flavor, flavour
(noun) (physics) the six kinds of quarks
spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
(noun) 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”
season, flavor, flavour
(verb) lend flavor to; “Season the chicken breast after roasting it”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flavor (countable and uncountable, plural flavors) (American spelling)
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring.
A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.
The characteristic quality of something.
(informal) A kind or type.
(physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
(archaic) The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.
flavor (third-person singular simple present flavors, present participle flavoring, simple past and past participle flavored)
(American spelling, transitive) To add flavoring to something.
Source: Wiktionary
Fla"vor, n. Etym: [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.] [Written also flavour.]
1. That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.
2. That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink.
3. 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.
4. That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.
Fla"vor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flavored; p. pr. & vb. n. Flavoring.]
Definition: To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
