Definition of FLAVOR

flavor

Plural: flavors

Noun

  • the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
  • the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
  • (physics) the six kinds of quarks
  • The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
  • Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.
  • A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc).
  • The characteristic quality of something.
  • A kind or type.
  • Style.
  • One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
  • The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.

Verb

Verb Forms: flavored, flavoring, flavors

  • To add a distinctive taste or aroma to food or drink.
  • lend flavor to
  • To add flavoring to something.

Examples

  • Debian is one flavor of the Linux operating system.
  • Flavor was added to the pudding.
  • He tried to FLAVOR his Scrabble game with a few high-scoring letters, but they never appeared.
  • My favorite flavor of lip balm is called mystical minty camomile.
  • the flavor of a rose
  • the flavor of an experience
  • The flavor of this apple pie is delicious.
  • What flavor of bubble gum do you most enjoy?

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English flavour meaning “smell, odour”, usually pleasing, borrowed from Old French flaour (“smell, odour”) (cfr. Sicilian ciàguru, its etymology and semantic), from Vulgar Latin *flātor (“odour, that which blows”), from Latin flātor (“blower”), from flō, flāre (“to blow, puff”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Doublet of blow and bleat.

Scrabble Score: 12

flavor: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
flavor: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flavor: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

flavor: valid Words With Friends Word