the blend of taste and smell sensations evoked by a substance in the mouth
a flavour of a specified kind
a lemony flavour
a characteristic or predominant quality
a sporting flavour
a representative sample of something
NAmer = flavouring
in particle physics, any of the five distinguishing properties of quarks (see quark1)
flavour of the month
a person or thing that is currently fashionable
flavourful adj
flavourless adj
flavoursome /-s(ə)m/ adj
[Middle English, in the sense ‘aroma’, from Old French flavor, ultimately from Latin flare to blow]