Flavour

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flavor \Fla"vor\, n. [OF. fleur, flaur (two syllables), odor,
     cf. F. fleurer to emit an odor, It. flatore a bad odor, prob.
     fr. L. flare to bow, whence the sense of exhalation. Cf.
     {Blow}.] [Written also {flavour}.]
     1. That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor;
        fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.


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     2. That quality of anything which affects the taste; that
        quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor;
        as, the flavor of food or drink.
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     3. That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste,
        gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions
        of the palate; a substance which flavors.
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     4. That quality which gives character to any of the
        productions of literature or the fine arts.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  flavour \flavour\ v. t.
     same as {flavor}, v. and n.. [Chiefly Brit.]
  
     Syn: season, flavor, give flavor.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flavour
       n 1: 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" [syn: {spirit},
            {tone}, {feel}, {feeling}, {flavor}, {look}, {smell}]
       2: (physics) the kinds of quarks and antiquarks [syn: {flavor}]
       3: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
          the mouth [syn: {relish}, {flavor}, {sapidity}, {savor}, {savour},
           {smack}, {tang}]
       v : lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting
           it" [syn: {season}, {flavor}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  flavour
       
           (US: flavor) 1. Variety, type, kind.  "DDT commands
          come in two flavors."  "These lights come in two flavors, big
          red ones and small green ones."  See {vanilla}.
       
          2. The attribute that causes something to be {flavourful}.
          Usually used in the phrase "yields additional flavour".  "This
          convention yields additional flavor by allowing one to print
          text either right-side-up or upside-down."  See {vanilla}.
       
          This usage was certainly reinforced by the terminology of
          quantum chromodynamics, in which quarks (the constituents of,
          e.g. protons) come in six flavors (up, down, strange, charm,
          top, bottom) and three colours (red, blue, green), however,
          hackish use of "flavor" at {MIT} predated QCD.
       
          3. The term for "{class}" (in the {object-oriented} sense) in
          the {LISP Machine} {Flavors} system.  Though the Flavors
          design has been superseded (notably by the {Common LISP}
          {CLOS} facility), the term "flavor" is still used as a general
          synonym for "class" by some {Lisp} hackers.
       
          (1994-11-01)