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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

Flavor v. t. (past & past part. flavored; pres. part. flavoring) To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.

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Etymology of 'Flavor'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flavor" Quotes from Famous Books

... is one of Mr. ABBOTT'S popular historical series, written in the style of easy and graceful idiomatic English (though not always free from inaccuracies), which give a pleasant flavor to all the productions of the author. In a neat preface, with which the volume is introduced, Mr. Abbott explains the reasons for the mildness and reserve with which he speaks of the errors, and often the crimes of the persons ...

— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 • Various

... little glasses of tea, kalians, cigarettes, and sweetmeats, as well as tiny bottles of lemon-juice and rose-water, a few drops of these two last-named articles being used by some of the guests to impart a fanciful flavor to their tea. Now and then a new guest arrives, steps out of his shoes in the hallway, salaams, and takes his proper position among the people already here. Everybody sits on the carpet except me, for whom a three-legged camp-stool has been ...

— Around the World on a Bicycle Volume II. - From Teheran To Yokohama • Thomas Stevens

... and barley furnished a new foundation for many "a savory dish" prepared by the housewives in the mortar and pestles, kettles and skillets which they had brought from Holland. Nuts were used for food, giving piquant flavor both to "cakes" baked in the fire and to the stuffing of wild turkeys. The fare was simple, but it must have seemed a feast to the Pilgrims after the months ...

— The Women Who Came in the Mayflower • Annie Russell Marble

... wild cherry, mulberry and elderberry. Of about 15 varieties of persimmon here I consider Early Golden and Josephine the best. Of 20 or more varieties of mulberries I consider Downing and Paradise the best. Paradise is a large purple mulberry I found near here. It has an exceptionally good flavor. ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 • Various

... themselves. John Dory pulled at his cigar appreciatively, sniffed its flavor for a moment, and then leaned forward ...

— Peter Ruff and the Double Four • E. Phillips Oppenheim

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