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flavor

//ˈfleɪvə//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for flavor

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
flavors

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
flavor
past (v2)
flavored
past participle (v3)
flavored
present participle
flavoring
3rd person singular
flavors

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.

    • The flavor of this apple pie is delicious.
  2. 2.A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc).

    • What flavor of bubble gum do you most enjoy?
    • My favorite flavor of lip balm is called mystical minty camomile.
  3. 3.The characteristic quality of something.

    • I'd like to read from a pair of letters that we got recently at GCN to give you the flavor of the issues gay prisoners have to deal with.
  4. 4.Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.

    • Flavor was added to the pudding.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To add flavoring to something.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3390

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Related words

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *flāōder.

Latin flō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin flātor

Vulgar Latin *flātorder.

Old French flaorbor.

Middle English savourinflu.

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