FLAVOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flavor mean? 

• FLAVOR (noun)
  The noun FLAVOR has 3 senses:

1. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

2. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

3. (physics) the six kinds of quarks

  Familiarity information: FLAVOR used as a noun is uncommon.

• FLAVOR (verb)
  The verb FLAVOR has 1 sense:

1. lend flavor to

  Familiarity information: FLAVOR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAVOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

feel; feeling; flavor; flavour; look; smell; spirit; tone

Context example:

it had the smell of treason

Hypernyms ("flavor" is a kind of...):

ambiance; ambience; atmosphere (a particular environment or surrounding influence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flavor"):

Hollywood (a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry)

Zeitgeist (the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

flavor; flavour; nip; relish; sapidity; savor; savour; smack; tang

Hypernyms ("flavor" is a kind of...):

gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flavor"):

lemon (a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons)

vanilla (a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans)

Derivation:

flavor (lend flavor to)

flavorous (full of flavor)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(physics) the six kinds of quarks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

flavor; flavour

Hypernyms ("flavor" is a kind of...):

form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)

Domain category:

high-energy physics; high energy physics; particle physics (the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flavor"):

charm; strangeness ((physics) one of the six flavors of quark)

• FLAVOR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lend flavor to

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

flavor; flavour; season

Context example:

Season the chicken breast after roasting it

Cause:

savor; savour; taste (have flavor; taste of something)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flavor"):

sauce (dress (food) with a relish)

curry (season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking)

resinate (impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to)

spice; spice up; zest (add herbs or spices to)

savor; savour (give taste to)

salt (add salt to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

flavor (the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth)

flavorer; flavoring (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

 Context examples 

Ginger is mainly used in cooking due to its unique fragrance and flavor and has been studied for its use in the treatment of nausea and vomiting.

(Ginger, NCI Thesaurus)

An herb is a plant or plant part used for its scent, flavor, or therapeutic properties.

(Herbal Medicine, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

Similar to the terms LIVER and MEAT flavor, this is a broad category term that encompass the various types of FISH (e.g., salmon and tuna).

(Fish Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)

Ethyl pyruvate, which has a fruity smell and is approved as a flavor agent in food, blocked attraction of mosquitoes to a human hand.

(How mosquitoes detect people, NIH)

The sun had risen over Ashurst and Denny woods, and was shining brightly, though the eastern wind had a sharp flavor to it, and the leaves were flickering thickly from the trees.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A device used to smoke a special type of tobacco that comes in different flavors.

(Hookah, NCI Dictionary)

Isoprenes contribute to flavors and fragrances of essential oils and other plant-derived substances.

(Isoprene, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also used as a flavor in many food and oral hygiene products.

(Menthol, NCI Dictionary)

An aromatic preparation, often with a pleasing flavor, usually intended to dissolve in the mouth.

(Pastille Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles maque tree flavor.

(Maque Tree Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)