FLAVORING

flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning

(noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

flavoring (countable and uncountable, plural flavorings)

(American spelling) Something that gives flavor, usually a food ingredient.

Verb

flavoring

present participle of flavor

Source: Wiktionary


FLAVOR

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



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