flavour
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}, {flavour}, {look}, {smell}]
2: (physics) the six kinds of quarks [syn: {flavor}, {flavour}]
3: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
the mouth [syn: {relish}, {flavor}, {flavour}, {sapidity},
{savor}, {savour}, {smack}, {nip}, {tang}]
v 1: lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting
it" [syn: {season}, {flavor}, {flavour}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
flavour
flavorful
<jargon> (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)
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