flavour
/'fleivə/
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Definition
Noun:
- The distinctive taste of a food or drink: The sensory impression perceived by the tongue, often a combination of taste and smell.
- A particular quality or character: A distinctive, often subtle, atmosphere, feeling, or character associated with a place, situation, or creative work.
- (Physics) A property of quarks: In particle physics, a label for different types of quarks (e.g., up, down, charm).
Verb:
- To give a distinctive taste to something: To add seasoning, herbs, or spices to food or drink to enhance its taste.
Examples
Noun:
- This ice cream has a strong vanilla flavour.
- The old bookstore had a quiet, scholarly flavour.
- The six quark flavours are up, down, strange, charm, top, and bottom.
Verb:
- She flavoured the stew with rosemary and thyme.
Advanced Usage
"Flavour of the month": A person or thing that is currently very popular or fashionable, but often for a short time.
- That diet plan is just the flavour of the month; it will be forgotten soon.
"To add flavour to": To make something more interesting or enjoyable.
- His witty comments added flavour to the conversation.
Variants and Related Words
- Flavor (noun/verb): The American English spelling of 'flavour'.
- Flavourful (adj): Having a full, pleasant taste.
- The sauce was rich and flavourful.
- Flavouring (noun): A substance used to give a particular taste to food or drink.
- Natural flavourings are preferred in this recipe.
- Flavourless (adj): Lacking taste or character.
- The soup was bland and flavourless.
Synonyms
- Noun (taste): Taste, savour, tang, zest.
- Noun (character): Character, atmosphere, feel, aura, ambience.
- Verb: Season, spice, infuse, lace.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: 'Flavour' is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. The verb form is typically used directly, as in 'flavour with'.) - Flavour with: To add a specific ingredient to give taste. - Flavour the sauce with a hint of garlic.
Related Idioms
- A flavour of something: A small experience or sample that gives an idea of what something is like.
- The short course gives you a flavour of what studying law would involve.
- In flavour: In terms of taste or style.
- The new design is very modern in flavour.
Noun
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- (physics) the six kinds of quarks
- 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
Verb
- lend flavor to
- Season the chicken breast after roasting it