Definition of "flavor" in inglés

noun

1. The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.

   • The flavor of this apple pie is delicious.

2. Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.

   • Flavor was added to the pudding.

3. A variety (of taste) attributed to an object (food, candy, chewing gum, medicine, etc).

   • What flavor of bubble gum do you most enjoy?
   • My favorite flavor of lip balm is called mystical minty camomile.

4. The characteristic quality of something.

   • the flavor of an experience

5. (informal, figurative) A kind or type.

   • Debian is one flavor of the Linux operating system.

6. (hip-hop slang) Style.

7. (particle physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).

8. (archaic) The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.

   • the flavor of a rose

verb

1. (American spelling, transitive) To add flavoring to something.