seasoned
adjective
[ ˈsiːznd ]
• (of food) having had salt, pepper, herbs, or spices added.
• "seasoned flour"
• (of wood) made suitable for use as timber by adjusting its moisture content.
• "it was made from seasoned, untreated oak"
• accustomed to particular conditions; experienced.
• "she is a seasoned traveller"
Similar:
experienced,
practised,
well versed,
expert,
knowledgeable,
sophisticated,
established,
habituated,
long-serving,
time-served,
veteran,
hardened,
battle-scarred,
consummate,
well trained,
season
verb
• add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to (food).
• "season the soup to taste with salt and pepper"
Similar:
flavour,
add flavouring to,
add salt/pepper to,
spice,
add spices/herbs to,
pep up,
add zing to,
• make (wood) suitable for use as timber by adjusting its moisture content to that of the environment in which it will be used.
• "I collect and season most of my wood"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French seson, from Latin satio(n- ) ‘sowing’, later ‘time of sowing’, from the root of serere ‘to sow’.
