FLAVOR Definition & Meaning

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flavor

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noun

taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
a substance or extract that provides a particular taste; flavoring.
Synonyms:
the characteristic quality of a thing:
He captured the flavor of the experience in his book.
Synonyms: ,
a particular quality noticeable in a thing:
language with a strong nautical flavor.
Physics. any of the six labels given to the distinct kinds of quark: up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top.
Archaic. smell, odor, or aroma.

verb (used with object)

to give flavor to (something).

flavor

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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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of flavor¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle French fla(o)ur, from unattested Late Latin �ڱ��tor “stench, breath,” alteration of Latin �ڱ��tus a “blowing, breathing,” ( flatus ), perhaps with -or of ��ŧ�ٴǰ� fetor

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Synonym Study

See taste.

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“I mean, flavor aside, people tend to get a little squidgy when there’s bones in their fish. It’s kind of tough for people to deal with.”

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Food manufacturer Kalsec noted in its 2024 Beyond the Burn report that an increasing number of consumers were seeking out spicier flavors and hot foods.

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Whether the music adds extra flavor to his raging action scenes or amplifies an episode’s lazy backstroke through existential loneliness, you feel his work’s best moments in your bones.

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The chemistry was already handled; all I had to do was play around with flavor and texture.

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