flavour

CEFRB1

/ˈfleɪvər/

noun

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01
noun
The particular taste of food or drink.
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noun
Extra detail
British standard spelling of flavor.

Examples

I don't like the flavour of tomatoes.
India has a cuisine rich in regional flavour.

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 2
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 4
Synonyms: 3

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The tomatoes give extra flavour to the sauce.
The flavour of this apple pie is delicious.
What flavour of bubble gum do you enjoy?

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Ciaotou Sugar Factory (橋頭糖廠, Qiáotóu Tángchǎng) Ciaotou consists of a defunct factory (which you can walk into, and explore the old mechanisms and vats) and an old village that retains most of its early-20th-century flavour.
2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, Taiwan, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 256
Food writer Annie Bell goes in the opposite direction in her gorgeous Christmas book, presenting "an homage to nut roast" in the form of a large, flat cake of blanched spinach, flavoured with thyme and lemon juice, filled with goat's cheese, and topped with toasted breadcrumbs.
2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2021
Although surprisingly moist, thanks to the stock (indeed, the contrast between the crisp exterior and the squidgy middle is horribly moreish), the combination of parsley, garlic and breadcrumbs reminds me of a very fancy loaf of garlic bread – and all but overpowers the sweet flavour of the cashews. […] The nuts are reduced to a mere scattering of toasted cashews and flaked almonds and, although the combination of flavours is a good one, it's more of a warm salad than a nut roast – and not one that would be happy on the same plate as many of the usual Christmas accompaniments.
2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2021
The journey is worth an article in itself, but all I can give is a flavour of a railway which traverses a bleak but dramatic coastline that's regularly battered by the elements - especially around Parton, where the line is constantly threatened by the sea.
2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, pages 56–57

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