1. The taste experience when a savory condiment is taken into the mouth
   "The sauce had a pleasant flavor with a nip of garlic";
   - relish, flavour [Brit, Cdn], sapidity, savor [US], savour [Brit, Cdn], smack, nip, tang
    
2. Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
   "Garlic is a common flavor in Mediterranean cooking";
   - flavorer [US], flavourer [Brit, Cdn], flavoring [US], flavouring [Brit, Cdn], seasoner, seasoning, flavour [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
   "The old bookstore had a flavor of mystery and adventure";
   - spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavour [Brit, Cdn], look, smell
    
4. (physics) the six kinds of quarks
   "The study of quark flavors is crucial to understanding particle physics";
   - flavour [Brit, Cdn]

1. Add a particular taste or quality to food or drink
   "They flavored the ice cream with vanilla"; "The chef flavored the sauce with wine";
   - flavour [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Give a distinctive quality or character to something
   "Personal anecdotes flavored her lecture";
   - flavour [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: flavors, flavoring, flavored

Type of: alter, ambiance, ambience, atmosphere, change, fixings, form, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, ingredient, kind, modify, sort, taste, taste perception, taste sensation, variety

Encyclopedia: Flavor