What does flavor mean?

Definitions for flavor
ˈfleɪ vərfla·vor

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  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

Wikipedia

  1. Flavor

    Flavor is a song written and recorded by Tori Amos, originally appearing on her album Abnormally Attracted to Sin (2009) as a down-tempo song, and later released as the lead single from her album Gold Dust (2012) which features classical rearrangements of selected songs from her oeuvre. Amos stated she felt the song was overlooked on its original album and had to be re-worked and noticed on Gold Dust.

ChatGPT

  1. flavor

    Flavor is a sensory impression or perception of food or any other substance perceived in the mouth and nose, primarily determined by the chemical senses of taste and smell. It can relate to a specific taste such as sweet, sour, bitter, salty, or umami, or to the complex combination of these tastes along with aroma, texture, and temperature. In a metaphorical sense, flavor can also refer to the distinctive quality or characteristic of something.

Webster Dictionary

  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.]

Wikidata

  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.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  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.

Editors Contribution

  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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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. Patrick Kaler:

    Buffalo wings come in many flavors and tastes; you’re not going to get the same flavor of wings at all of these stops, you won’t get tired of eating wings at all of these tops.

  2. 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.

  3. Cassie Kreitner:

    I’ve always loved hot sauce, but over the past few years I’ve started using it in lieu of salad dressing, since it’s a lot lower in calories but adds a ton of flavor, i keep a bunch at my desk and sometimes in my purse.

  4. David Quarrey:

    It is the right moment we think for a visit to really shine a light on that relationship and show how strong the contemporary relationship is between the two countries, the Duke is very clear that he wants to come and get under the skin of the country, he wants to get a feel for Israel. He wants to get a flavor of the country.

  5. Rima Kleiner:

    If you only eat a lobster bisque at restaurants, I encourage you to try this recipe. It's very simple, straightforward and puts your Instant Pot to good use, plus, I used less half-and-half than most recipes call for, swapped the olive oil for butter and relied on a lot of herbs and seasonings to add rich flavor. And it's so flavorful, you'll be the only one who knows this bisque is lightened up and nutrient-rich.

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