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noun

Flavor n. (Written also flavour)

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink.

That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors.

That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.

verb

flavour v. t. Same as flavor, v. and n.. (Chiefly Brit.)

Synonyms: season, flavor, give flavor.

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Etymology of 'Flavour'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flavour" Quotes from Famous Books

... hundred thousands plough'd The lands around his fair abode; Did vines of thousand vineyards bleed, Still corn and wine great Ryce would need; If all the earth had bread's sweet savour, And water all had cyder's flavour, Three roaring feasts in Ryce's hall Would swallow earth ...

— Wild Wales - Its People, Language and Scenery • George Borrow

... air was more intensely penetrating than dry frost; and when breathing it, one tasted the flavour of brine. All was calm, and the rain had ceased; overhead the clouds, without form or colour, seemed to conceal that latent light that could not be explained; the eye could see clearly, yet one was still conscious of the night; this dimness was ...

— An Iceland Fisherman • Pierre Loti

... the name depends upon their being the mistress of the house, will often find that soups and sauces are a weak point. Do not despise, in cooking, little things. Those who really understand such matters will know how vast is the difference in flavour occasioned by the addition of that pinch of thyme or teaspoonful of savoury herbs, and yet there are tens of thousands of houses, where meat is eaten every day, who never had a bottle of thyme at their disposal ...

— Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery - A Manual Of Cheap And Wholesome Diet • A. G. Payne

... the malt thy strength of mind, Or hops the flavour of thy wit, 'Twere drink for first of human kind, A gift that e'en for Syme ...

— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns

... family parties of father, mother, and children, in the form of duplicate lovers or in that of solitary youth, the public began to descend upon us by the carful at a time; four to six hundred perhaps, with a strong German flavour, and all merry as children. When these had been shepherded on board, and the inevitable belated two or three had gained the deck amidst the cheering of the public, the hawser was cast off, and ...

— The Wrecker • Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne

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