flavour
♦ fla|vour /fl'eɪvər/ (flavours flavouring flavoured)
in AM, use flavor
1 [N-VAR]
The flavour of a food or drink is its taste.
This cheese has a crumbly texture with a strong flavour...
I always add some paprika for extra flavour.
2 [N-COUNT] oft n N
If something is orange flavour or beef flavour, it is made to taste of orange or beef.
...salt and vinegar flavour crisps.
...now available in three new flavours.
3 [VERB] V n with n, V n
If you flavour food or drink, you add something to it to give it a particular taste.
Flavour your favourite dishes with exotic herbs and spices...
Lime preserved in salt is a north African speciality which is used to flavour chicken dishes.
4 [N-SING] oft a N of n
If something gives you a flavour of a subject, situation, or event, it gives you a general idea of what it is like.
The book gives you a flavour of what alternative therapy is about.
= taste
in AM, use flavor
1 [N-VAR]
The flavour of a food or drink is its taste.
This cheese has a crumbly texture with a strong flavour...
I always add some paprika for extra flavour.
2 [N-COUNT] oft n N
If something is orange flavour or beef flavour, it is made to taste of orange or beef.
...salt and vinegar flavour crisps.
...now available in three new flavours.
3 [VERB] V n with n, V n
If you flavour food or drink, you add something to it to give it a particular taste.
Flavour your favourite dishes with exotic herbs and spices...
Lime preserved in salt is a north African speciality which is used to flavour chicken dishes.
4 [N-SING] oft a N of n
If something gives you a flavour of a subject, situation, or event, it gives you a general idea of what it is like.
The book gives you a flavour of what alternative therapy is about.
= taste