flavor

[ fley-ver ]

/ ˈfleɪ vər /

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noun

taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.

a substance or extract that provides a particular taste; flavoring.

the characteristic quality of a thing: He captured the flavor of the experience in his book.

a particular quality noticeable in a thing: language with a strong nautical flavor.

Physics. any of the six labels given to the distinct kinds of quark: up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top.

Archaic. smell, odor, or aroma.

verb (used with object)

to give flavor to (something).

Also especially British, fla·vour.

Origin of flavor

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French fla(o)ur < Late Latin *flātor stench, breath, alteration of Latin flātus a blowing, breathing, (see flatus), perhaps with -or of fētor fetor

SYNONYMS FOR flavor

1 See taste.

2 seasoning.

3 essence, spirit.

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OTHER WORDS FROM flavor

fla·vor·less, adjective de·fla·vor, verb (used with object) o·ver·fla·vor, verb pre·fla·vor, noun, verb (used with object)

un·fla·vored, adjective well-fla·vored, adjective

Words nearby flavor

flavone, flavonoid, flavonol, flavoprotein, flavopurpurin, flavor, flavor enhancer, flavor of the month, flavorful, flavoring, flavorist

Example sentences from the Web for flavorless

Flat, flavorless, even harsh on the throat—this was not horribly rich or complex stuff.

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Absent magic, we get conniving politicians, close-minded scolds, flavorless marriages, and the occasional heroin junkie.

‘The Casual Vacancy’ Review: J.K. Rowling Cuts Loose From Harry Potter |Malcolm Jones |September 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
When they are small and soft they have no character, but if too old they are hard and flavorless.

The Laurel Health Cookery |Evora Bucknum Perkins
They had soup for breakfast, greasy, flavorless stuff loaded with vegetables, and bread sour with long keeping.

The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax |Harriet Parr

If cooked slowly, it will be watery and stringy, while overdone cabbage is especially insipid and flavorless.

Science in the Kitchen. |Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
Essay preaching—walking gingerly round duty, and flattering self-love; milk-and-water preaching—colorless, flavorless, and thin.

Ginger-Snaps |Fanny Fern
The apples of the past year are well-nigh gone, and the few that remain have lost their succulence, and are dry and flavorless.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 |Various

Scientific definitions for flavorless

flavor

[ flā′vər ]

Any of six classifications of quark varieties, distinguished by mass and electric charge. The flavors have the names up, down, strange, charm, top, and bottom. Protons in atomic nuclei are composed of two up quarks and one down quark, while neutrons consist of one up quark and two down quarks. The flavor of a quark may be changed in interactions involving the weak force.

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flavor

noun

verb (used with object)

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flavor

noun

verb (used with object)

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