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flavour en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) British standard spelling of flavor.
   • Ciaotou Sugar Factory (橋頭糖廠, Qiáotóu Tángchǎng) Ciaotou consists of a defunct factory (which you can walk into, and explore the old mechanisms and vats) and an old village that retains most of its early-20th-century flavour. 2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, Taiwan, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 256:
   • The flavour of an experience.
   • Although surprisingly moist, thanks to the stock (indeed, the contrast between the crisp exterior and the squidgy middle is horribly moreish), the combination of parsley, garlic and breadcrumbs reminds me of a very fancy loaf of garlic bread – and all but overpowers the sweet flavour of the cashews. […] The nuts are reduced to a mere scattering of toasted cashews and flaked almonds and, although the combination of flavours is a good one, it's more of a warm salad than a nut roast – and not one that would be happy on the same plate as many of the usual Christmas accompaniments. 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2021:
   • The flavour of this apple pie is delicious.
   • What flavour of bubble gum do you enjoy?
   • Flavour was added to the pudding.
   • The journey is worth an article in itself, but all I can give is a flavour of a railway which traverses a bleak but dramatic coastline that's regularly battered by the elements - especially around Parton, where the line is constantly threatened by the sea. 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, pages 56–57:
   • Debian is one flavour of the Linux operating system.

Forms

Hypernyms

sensation

Hyponyms

savoriness · zing · saltiness · tang · zest · bitterness · spiciness · twang · sweetness · sourness · relish

Meronyms

salty · bitter · sour · meaty · sweet

Relateds

race

Synonyms

smack · sapor · smatch · flavour · taste · smake

flavour en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. British standard spelling of flavor.
   • Food writer Annie Bell goes in the opposite direction in her gorgeous Christmas book, presenting "an homage to nut roast" in the form of a large, flat cake of blanched spinach, flavoured with thyme and lemon juice, filled with goat's cheese, and topped with toasted breadcrumbs. 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2021:

Forms

Deriveds

flavoury · flavour saver · underflavour · disflavour · flavon · misflavour · flavourwise · flavourist · subflavour · flavoursome · flavourer