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flavor

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1. flavor - Noun

2. flavor - Verb

Meaning

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink.

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.

That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.

To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. Eleanor Roosevelt

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor. William Cowper

I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat and the lifeboat loves the teeth of the sperm whale, and the sperm whale loves the flavor of naval uniforms. Daniel Handler

The banana looks withered, but it has an excellent flavor. Hawaiian Proverb

Three things have a flavor of the world to come. Hebrew Proverb

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