Antonyms for flavor


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : fley-ver
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfleɪ vər


Definition of flavor

Origin :
  • c.1300, "a smell, odor" (usually a pleasing one), from Old French flaour "smell, odor," from Vulgar Latin flator "odor," literally "that which blows," from Latin flator "blower," from flare "to blow, puff," which is cognate with Old English blawan (see blow (v.1)).
  • The same Vulgar Latin source produced Old Italian fiatore "a bad odor." Sense of "taste, savor" is 1690s, perhaps 1670s; originally "the element in taste which depends on the sense of smell." The -v- is perhaps from influence of savor.
  • noun odor and taste
  • noun aura, essence
  • verb add seasoning
Example sentences :
  • While pulling, flavor with vanilla and a few drops of lemon.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • As the roasting also develops the flavor, it must be done carefully.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Also there was a flavor of farm-yard in my nostrils and the shouting of a multitude in my ears.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • This cousin had a broken hip, she needed company, and the flavor of old times.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Kirkwood's smile robbed the retort of any flavor of incivility.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Something it has--a flavor of the sea, And the sea's freedom--which reminds of thee.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • Flavor with lemon, and pour into buttered tins, or pull, as you prefer.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 » by Various
  • It is frequently put with other plants to give a flavor of garlic to the dish.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • He says they are rather tasteless, tough, slightly woody in flavor.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • I do not detect any difference in the flavor of these and other species.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

Synonyms for flavor

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