[fley-ver-ing] 
| something that gives flavor; a substance or preparation used to give a particular flavor to food or drink: vanilla flavoring. |
[fley-ver] | 1. | taste, esp. the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth. |
| 2. | a substance or extract that provides a particular taste; flavoring. |
| 3. | the characteristic quality of a thing: He captured the flavor of the experience in his book. |
| 4. | a particular quality noticeable in a thing: language with a strong nautical flavor. |
| 5. | Physics. any of the six labels given to the distinct kinds of quark: up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top. |
| 6. | Archaic. smell, odor, or aroma. |
| 7. | to give flavor to (something). |
| fla·vor (flā'vər) n.
To give flavor to. [Middle English flavour, aroma, from Old French flaor, from Vulgar Latin *flātor, from Latin flāre, to blow; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.] fla'vor·er n., fla'vor·less adj., fla'vor·ous (-əs), fla'vor·some (-səm) adj., fla'vor·y adj. |
| fla·vor·ing (flā'vər-ĭng) n. A substance, such as an extract or spice, that imparts flavor. |
flavoring
any of the liquid extracts, essences, and flavours that are added to foods to enhance their taste and aroma. Flavourings are prepared from essential oils, such as almond and lemon; from vanilla; from fresh fruits by expression; from ginger by extraction; from mixtures of essential oils and synthetic organic chemicals; or entirely from synthetic chemicals, with alcohol, glycerol, propylene glycol, alone or in combination, as solvents. Water is added and sometimes certified food colour as well.
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