flavour

The particular taste of a food or drink.

• This soup has a rich flavour.
• Which ice cream flavour do you want?
• The sauce has several different flavours.

How to use it: flavour of something (I love the flavour of fresh strawberries.)

Similar words: taste

Common phrases: rich flavour, flavour of something, chocolate flavour

A substance added to food or drink to give it a particular taste.

• They added a natural flavour to the drink.
• The recipe calls for a drop of vanilla flavour.
• This sweet contains no artificial flavours.

Similar words: flavouring

Common phrases: natural flavour, artificial flavour, add a flavour

A particular quality that gives something its own special character.

• The festival has a local flavour.
• Her stories capture the flavour of life by the sea.
• The music gives the film a distinctly Spanish flavour.

How to use it: flavour of something (The exhibition gives visitors a flavour of village life.)

Similar words: character, feel, atmosphere

Common phrases: local flavour, flavour of something, distinctive flavour

To add something to food or drink to give it a particular taste.

• Flavour the sauce with fresh herbs.
• She flavoured the cake with orange.
• A little garlic flavours the whole dish.

How to use it: flavour something with something (Flavour the rice with lemon juice.)

Similar words: season

Common phrases: flavour with something, flavour the soup, flavour a dish