Definition of "flavor" []

• Distinctive taste; savor: a flavor of smoke in bacon. See Synonyms at taste. (noun)
• A distinctive yet intangible quality felt to be characteristic of a given thing: "What matters in literature . . . is surely the idiosyncratic, the individual, the flavor or color of a particular human suffering” ( Harold Bloom). (noun)
• A flavoring: contains no artificial flavors. (noun)
• Physics Any of six classifications of quark varieties (up, down, strange, charm, top, and bottom), distinguished by mass and electric charge. (noun)
• Archaic Aroma; fragrance. (noun)

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• "One might say, to be sure, that they were a little saltish, and then again, with that exception, there was no remarkable flavor; but that might be the rarity, _not to have any flavor_."
• "Most spring rolls are known to be delicate in flavor and light/healthy but these must be the bad sheep in the family because they explode in your mouth with intense flavor from the dried shrimp and dipping sauce."
• "The cumin flavor is very light, so if you like your cumin I'd double it."