flavour
noun
[ ˈfleɪvə ]
• the distinctive taste of a food or drink.
• "the yoghurt comes in eight fruit flavours"
Similar:
taste,
savour,
tang,
relish,
palate,
sapor,
flavouring,
seasoning,
tastiness,
tanginess,
interest,
bite,
piquancy,
pungency,
smack,
spice,
spiciness,
sharpness,
zest,
raciness,
edge,
zing,
zip,
punch,
• an indication of the essential character of something.
• "the extracts give a flavour of the content and tone of the conversation"
• a kind, variety, or sort.
• "various flavours of firewall are evolving"
• a quantized property of quarks which differentiates them into at least six varieties (up, down, charmed, strange, top, bottom).
flavour
verb
• alter or enhance the taste of (food or drink) by adding a particular ingredient.
• "chunks of chicken flavoured with herbs"
Similar:
add flavour to,
add flavouring to,
season,
spice (up),
add seasoning/herbs/spices to,
add piquancy to,
ginger up,
enrich,
enliven,
liven up,
spike,
pep up,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘fragrance, aroma’): from Old French flaor, perhaps based on a blend of Latin flatus ‘blowing’ and foetor ‘stench’; the -v- appears to have been introduced in Middle English by association with savour. flavour (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the late 17th century.
