seasoning
noun
[ ˈsiːz(ə)nɪŋ ]
• salt, herbs, or spices added to food to enhance the flavour.
• "a dash of lemon juice and seasoning"
• the process of adjusting the moisture content of wood to make it more suitable for use as timber.
• "the outside may be notably drier in the intermediate stages of seasoning"
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’.
