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flavor

especially British, ´Ú±ô²¹Â·±¹´Ç³Ü°ù

[fley-ver]

noun

  1. taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.

  2. a substance or extract that provides a particular taste; flavoring.

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  3. the characteristic quality of a thing.

    He captured the flavor of the experience in his book.

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  4. a particular quality noticeable in a thing.

    language with a strong nautical flavor.

  5. Physics.Ìýany of the six labels given to the distinct kinds of quark: up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top.

  6. Archaic.Ìýsmell, odor, or aroma.



verb (used with object)

  1. to give flavor to (something).

flavor

  1. Any of six classifications of quark varieties, distinguished by mass and electric charge. The flavors have the names up, down, strange, charm, top, and bottom. Protons in atomic nuclei are composed of two up quarks and one down quark, while neutrons consist of one up quark and two down quarks. The flavor of a quark may be changed in interactions involving the weak force.

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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • flavorless adjective
  • deflavor verb (used with object)
  • overflavor verb
  • preflavor noun
  • unflavored adjective
  • well-flavored adjective
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of flavor1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle French fla(o)ur, from unattested Late Latin ´Ú±ôÄå³Ù´Ç°ù “stench, breath,†alteration of Latin ´Ú±ôÄå³Ù³Ü²õ a “blowing, breathing,†( flatus ), perhaps with -or of ´Úŧ³Ù´Ç°ù fetor
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There’s also power in zucchini’s lack of bold flavors, making it a blank slate for home cooks and chefs alike to experiment with.

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Could you say something about some of those 160 cases, to give a flavor of what they look like?

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Dakota Johnson is my favorite seductress, a femme fatale of a flavor that didn’t exist until she invented it.

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Barack Obama was pulling ahead in polling, and the cultural tides were starting to turn in favor of the late aughts’ flavor of liberalism.

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LaMarita recommended eating baby radish greens raw since they tend to have a less bitter flavor profile compared to mature radish greens, which are best served cooked.

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