Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: flavor
IPA transcription: [fl'eɪvɚ]
Pronunciations of flavor
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
    Meaning: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
  • Synonyms: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang
    Meaning: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: season, flavor, flavour
    Meaning: lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"
Usage examples
  • If you boil coffee too long, the aromatic flavor flies off.
  • Then mix some powdered sugar with a little milk and flavor with vanilla.
  • Beat 3 whites of eggs with pulverized sugar; flavor with lemon and spread over the pudding.
  • Mrs. Peterkin tasted each, and said the flavor was pleasant, but not precisely that of coffee.
  • While she was absent, life was nothing; all its value, all its light, its flavor, its beauty, were gone.
  • Sick persons should have their coffee made separate from the family, as standing in the tin pot spoils the flavor.
  • "This is a curious meeting, is it not?--quite a flavor of romance! By-the-way, do you read as many novels as ever?"
  • As it becomes possible to expend more for food, the change is made in quality, variety, flavor, rather than in quantity.
  • It was of one strange, unaccountable pang that spoiled this long-expected day for her and left in it a certain faint but enduring flavor of bitterness.
  • Always be sure that the kettle is boiling when you make tea, or the flavor will not be so good, scald the pot, and allow a tea-spoonful for each person.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 300 (film), License CC BY-SA 4.0