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   fla·vor

   /ˈflāvər/

   noun

   • 1. the distinctive taste of a food or drink: "the yoghurt comes in eight fruit flavors" Similar tastesavortangrelishpalaterare:saporflavoringseasoningtastinesstangtanginessinterestrelishbitepiquancypungencysavorsmackspicespicinesssharpnesszestracinessedgeinformal:zingzippunchOpposite blandness
   • ▪ the general quality of taste in a food: "no other cracker adds so much flavor to the cheese"
   • ▪ a substance used to alter or enhance the taste of food or drink; a flavoring: US "we use vanilla and almond flavors"
   • 2. an indication of the essential character of something: "the extracts give a flavor of the content and tone of the conversation"
   • ▪ a distinctive quality or atmosphere: "whitewashed walls and red pantiles gave the resort a Mediterranean flavor"
   • 3. a kind, variety, or sort: "various flavors of firewall are evolving"
   • 4. a quantized property of quarks that differentiates them into at least six varieties (up, down, charmed, strange, top, bottom).

   verb

   • 1. alter or enhance the taste of (food or drink) by adding a particular ingredient: "chunks of chicken flavored with herbs"
   • ▪ give a distinctive quality to: "the faint exasperation that had flavored her tone"

   Word 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 savor. flavor (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the late 17th century.

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