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| fla·vor [ fláyvər ] |
noun (plural fla·vors) |
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1. characteristic taste: an identifiable or distinctive quality of food or drink perceived with the combined senses of taste and smell
  The soup didn't have much flavor.
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2. something adding flavor to food: a substance used to give food or drink an identifiable or distinctive taste
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3. unique characteristic: the unique individual characteristic of an artistic work, especially a work of literature
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4. type: a type or kind of something
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slang
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Each flavor of the operating system provides its own unique commands or features.
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5. physics property of elementary particles: a physical property that distinguishes types of quarks and some types of leptons
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transitive verb (past and past participle fla·vored, present participle fla·vor·ing, 3rd person present singular fla·vors) |
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1. give flavor to food: to give food or drink an identifiable or distinctive taste, usually by adding something
Flavor the stew with rosemary.
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2. give something uniqueness: to give a unique characteristic to an artistic work, especially a work of literature
A certain terseness flavors her prose.
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| [14th century. Alteration, after savor, of Old French flaor "aroma" < blend of Latin flatus "blowing" + foetor "stench"] |
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| fla·vor·er noun |
| fla·vor·ful adjective |
| fla·vor·ful·ly adverb |
| fla·vor·ful·ness noun |
| fla·vor·less adjective |
| fla·vor·less·ly adverb |
| fla·vor·less·ness noun |
| fla·vor·some adjective |
| fla·vor·y adjective |
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