Definitions for flavor
ˈfleɪ vərfla·vor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smellnoun

   the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

   "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"

2. relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tangnoun

   the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

3. flavor, flavourverb

   (physics) the six kinds of quarks

4. season, flavor, flavourverb

   lend flavor to

   "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flavornoun

   The quality produced by the sensation of taste.

   The flavor of this apple pie is delicious.

2. flavornoun

   A substance used to produce a taste; flavoring.

   Flavor was added to the pudding.

3. flavornoun

   A variety of tastes attributed to an object.

   What flavor of bubble gum do you enjoy?

4. flavornoun

   The characteristic quality of something.

   the flavor of an experience

5. flavornoun

   A type of something.

   His favorite flavor of ...

6. flavornoun

   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).

7. flavorverb

   To add flavoring to (something).

8. Etymology: meaning "smell, odor", usually pleasing, from flaour, from flator, from flator, from flo

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flavornoun

   that quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose

2. Flavornoun

   that quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink

3. Flavornoun

   that which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors

4. Flavornoun

   that quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts

5. Flavorverb

   to give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest

6. Etymology: [OF. fleur, flaur (two syllables), odor, cf. F. fleurer to emit an odor, It. flatore a bad odor, prob. fr. L. flare to bow, whence the sense of exhalation. Cf. Blow.]

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1. Flavor

   Flavor or flavour is the sensory impression of a food or other substance, and is determined mainly by the chemical senses of taste and smell. The "trigeminal senses", which detect chemical irritants in the mouth and throat as well as temperature and texture, are also very important to the overall Gestalt of flavor perception. The flavor of the food, as such, can be altered with natural or artificial flavorants, which affect these senses. Flavorant is defined as a substance that gives another substance flavor, altering the characteristics of the solute, causing it to become sweet, sour, tangy, etc. Of the three chemical senses, smell is the main determinant of a food item's flavor. While the taste of food is limited to sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami pungent or piquant, and metallic – the seven basic tastes – the smells of a food are potentially limitless. A food's flavor, therefore, can be easily altered by changing its smell while keeping its taste similar. Nowhere is this better exemplified than in artificially flavored jellies, soft drinks and candies, which, while made of bases with a similar taste, have dramatically different flavors due to the use of different scents or fragrances. The flavorings of commercially produced food products are typically created by flavorists.

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1. flavor

   1. [common] Variety, type, kind. “DDT commands come in two flavors.” “These lights come in two flavors, big red ones and small green ones.” “Linux is a flavor of Unix” See vanilla. 2. The attribute that causes something to be flavorful. Usually used in the phrase “yields additional flavor”. “This convention yields additional flavor by allowing one to print text either right-side-up or upside-down.” See vanilla. This usage was certainly reinforced by the terminology of quantum chromodynamics, in which quarks (the constituents of, e.g., protons) come in six flavors (up, down, strange, charm, top, bottom) and three colors (red, blue, green) — however, hackish use of flavor at MIT predated QCD. 3. The term for class (in the object-oriented sense) in the LISP Machine Flavors system. Though the Flavors design has been superseded (notably by the Common LISP CLOS facility), the term flavor is still used as a general synonym for class by some LISP hackers.

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1. flavor

   A type of taste and product.

   The flavor of the food was amazing, so tasty.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020  

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How to pronounce flavor?

1. Alex

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   Mia

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   Karen

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How to say flavor in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flavor in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flavor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of flavor in a Sentence

1. Charlotte Brontë:

   Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.

2. Hugh Jackman:

   We love every flavor, some of us even like it with a little nip added. But more importantly, we love the woman who created it, Blake Lively. You are a one-of-a-kind, Blake, you are just fun. You are creative. You are sunshine seven days a week. And you're a saint for marrying the man. Sorry, not sorry.

3. Gail Vance Civille:

   Steven Young have caramelized sugar with cooked egg and dairy, and it unifies beautifully with the vanilla and brown spirits, for a lot of people, it's the richness of the fat and flavor of the custard that gives eggnog its sensory appeal.

4. Henry M. Wriston:

   Those who misrepresent the normal experiences of life, who decry being controversial, who shun risk, are the enemies of the American way of life, whatever the piety of their vocal professions and the patriotic flavor of their platitudes.

5. Chef Chris Sayegh:

   You'll never taste the cannabis in my cooking unless I specifically want you to taste it because it's not a pleasant taste. ... It throws off the whole flavor of the dish.

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