Meaning of seasoning | Babel Free

Definitions

1. flavor; taste
2. Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.
   countable, uncountable
3. Anything added to increase enjoyment.
   broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
4. A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick.
   countable, uncountable
5. An alcoholic intoxication.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
6. In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil.
   countable, uncountable
7. The air drying of wood.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“To distinctify the seasoning, add grated fresh ginger, finely minced green chili (serrano or jalapeno), or chopped fresh herbs: cilantro, mint, thyme.”

““We use it in drinks. We use it in desserts. We use it in savory food. It’s in almost everything. Salt, sugar and MSG – I always joke that they’re the Chinese Trinity of seasonings.””

“Some of our gentlemen officers, happening to stop at a tavern, or rather a sort of grogshop, took such a seasoning that two or three of them became “quite frisky.””

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