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flavour definition

fla·vour (flā′vər)

noun, transitive verb

Brit. flavor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

flavour Usage Examples

Object

  • vodka: What sealed the night for me was the girl serving flavored vodkas.

Preposition: on

  • palate: Full flavors on the palate of ripe, lush cherry fruit with some cocoa notes.

Adjective modifier

  • nutty: At least twelve months of maturation is needed to yield its magnificent nutty flavor.

Converse of object

  • impart: They will impart a warming flavor and a pleasant bitterness to the beer and also help to preserve the drink.

Modifies a noun

  • enhancer: I notice that many novice cheesemakers in the USA are using what they call " flavor enhancers " along with their starters.

Noun used with modifier

  • aniseed: It has a distinctive aniseed flavor that goes particularly well with fish or chicken dishes.
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flavour quotes

Variety's the spice of life, That gives it all its flavour.

-Cowper,William

In Americawe eat, collectively, withaglumurgefor food to fill us.We are ignorant of flavor. We are as a nation taste-blind.

-Fisher, M(ary) F(rances) K(ennedy)

There are passages of Ulysses which can be read only in the toiletöif one wants to extract the full flavour of their content.

-Miller, Henry Valentine

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