Definition of Flavor

1. Verb. Lend flavor to. "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"

Exact synonyms: Flavour, Season
Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Specialized synonyms: Sauce, Curry, Resinate, Spice, Spice Up, Zest, Savor, Savour, Salt
Causes: Savor, Savour, Taste
Derivative terms: Flavorer, Flavoring, Flavour, Flavourer, Flavouring, Seasoner, Seasoner, Seasoning, Seasoning

2. Noun. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. "It had the smell of treason"
Exact synonyms: Feel, Feeling, Flavour, Look, Smell, Spirit, Tone
Generic synonyms: Ambiance, Ambience, Atmosphere
Specialized synonyms: Hollywood, Zeitgeist
Derivative terms: Feel, Feel, Feel, Look, Spirit, Spiritize

3. Noun. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.

4. Noun. (physics) the six kinds of quarks.
Exact synonyms: Flavour
Generic synonyms: Form, Kind, Sort, Variety
Specialized synonyms: Charm, Strangeness
Category relationships: High Energy Physics, High-energy Physics, Particle Physics

Definition of Flavor

1. n. That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

2. v. t. To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.

Definition of Flavor

1. Noun. The quality produced by the sensation of taste. ¹

2. Noun. A substance used to produce a taste; flavoring. ¹

3. Noun. A variety of tastes attributed to an object. ¹

4. Noun. The characteristic quality of something. ¹

5. Noun. A type of something. ¹

6. Noun. (physics) a term used to name the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon). ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To add flavoring to (something). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flavor

1. to give flavor (distinctive taste) to [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Flavor

1. 1. The quality affecting the taste or odour of any substance. 2. A therapeutically inert substance added to a prescription to give an agreeable taste to the mixture. Origin: M.E., fr. O. Fr., fr. L.L. Flator, aroma, fr. Flo, to blow (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flavor

flavonoids
flavonol
flavonol 2'-O-glucosyltransferase
flavonol 3-O-glucosyltransferase
flavonol 3-sulfotransferase
flavonol 4'-sulfotransferase
flavonol synthase
flavonolignan
flavonolignans
flavonols
flavons
flavopiridol
flavoprotein
flavoproteins
flavopurpurin
flavor (current term)
flavor enhancer
flavored
flavorer
flavorers
flavorful
flavorfully
flavoridin
flavoring
flavoring agents
flavorings
flavorist
flavorists
flavorless
flavorlessly

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