fla´vor|less

fla´vor|less
fla|vor «FLAY vuhr», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a taste, especially a characteristic taste: »

Chocolate and vanilla have different flavors.

SYNONYM(S): savor, smack, tang. See syn. under taste. (Cf. ↑taste)
2. a thing used to give a certain taste to food or drink; flavoring.
3. Figurative. a special quality: »

Stories about ships and sailors have a flavor of the sea. Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor (William Cowper).

4. a smell; aroma; odor: »

the flavor of onions. A general flavor of mild decay (Oliver Wendell Holmes).

5. Nuclear Physics. a hypothetical property, such as strangeness, that distinguishes one subatomic particle from another: »

The different kinds of quarks or leptons are known technically as flavors (Robert H. March).

–v.t.
1. to give an added taste to; season: »

We use salt, pepper, and spices to flavor food. The onion flavors the whole stew.

2. Figurative. to give an exciting quality to: »

Many exciting adventures flavor an explorer's life.

╂[alteration of Old French flur, perhaps ultimately < Latin fragrāre emit odor]
–fla´vor|er, noun.
–fla´vor|less, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • fla|vor — «FLAY vuhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a taste, especially a characteristic taste: »Chocolate and vanilla have different flavors. SYNONYM(S): savor, smack, tang. See syn. under taste. (Cf. ↑taste) 2. a thing used to give a certain taste to food or… …   Useful english dictionary

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