seasoned

/'si:znd/

Thân thiện

A seasoned chef prepares a meal in a busy restaurant kitchen.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a lot of experience in a particular activity or job: Describes a person who is skilled and knowledgeable due to long practice and varied experiences.
   • Treated, aged, or processed to be ready for use or to improve quality: Describes a material, especially wood or food, that has been prepared or altered over time to achieve a desired state, such as dryness, flavor, or stability.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Experienced Person):

  • The team is led by a seasoned professional.
  • She gave advice as a seasoned investor.

• Adjective (Treated Material):

  • The cabinet is made from beautifully seasoned oak.
  • Add the seasoned salt to taste.

Advanced Usage

• "well-seasoned": Often used as an intensifier for both meanings.

  • A well-seasoned politician knows how to handle the media. (Very experienced)
  • The recipe calls for well-seasoned cast iron. (Properly treated/conditioned)

• In a figurative sense: Can describe abstract things made more palatable or acceptable through experience or treatment.

  • His lectures are seasoned with humor. (Made more interesting/enjoyable)

Variants and Related Words

• Season (verb): To add salt, herbs, etc., to food to improve its flavor; to make wood or other materials fit for use by drying or treating.
  • Remember to season the soup before serving.
• Seasoning (noun): A substance used to add flavor to food; the process of treating wood.
  • This blend is my favorite seasoning for chicken.
• Unseasoned (adjective): Lacking experience; (of food) not flavored with salt or spices; (of wood) not dried or treated.
  • The unseasoned wood may warp.

Synonyms

• Experienced: Having knowledge or skill from long involvement.
• Veteran: Having long experience in a particular field.
• Aged: (For materials) matured or processed over time.
• Cured: (For food/materials) preserved or treated by a chemical or physical process.

Related Phrases

• To season to taste: A cooking instruction meaning to add salt, pepper, or other flavorings according to one's personal preference.
  • Simmer the sauce and season to taste.

Related Idioms

• Seasoned traveler: An idiom describing a person very experienced in traveling, implying they are adaptable and knowledgeable.
  • As a seasoned traveler, she packs light and efficiently.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. rendered competent through trial and experience
   • a seasoned traveler
   • veteran steadiness
   • a veteran officer
2. aged or processed
   • seasoned wood

Từ đồng nghĩa

• veteran