seasoning

sea·son·ing  (sz-nng)

n.

1. Something, such as a spice or herb, used to flavor food. Also called seasoner.

2. The act or process by which something is seasoned.

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seasoning

Noun

something that is added to food to enhance the flavour

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	seasoning - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner cola extract - a flavoring extracted from the kola nut anchovy paste - paste made primarily of anchovies; used in sauces and spreads fixings, ingredient - food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" bouillon cube - a cube of evaporated seasoned meat extract condiment - a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment; "mustard and ketchup are condiments" herb - aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities spice - any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food peppermint oil - oil from the peppermint plant used as flavoring spearmint oil - an aromatic oil obtained from the spearmint plant lemon oil - fragrant yellow oil obtained from the lemon peel oil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil - oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant table salt, common salt, salt - white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food celery salt - ground celery seed and salt garlic salt - ground dried garlic and salt onion salt - ground dried onion and salt seasoned salt - combination of salt and vegetable extracts and spices and monosodium glutamate sour salt - crystals of citric acid used as seasoning gingerroot, ginger - pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery peppercorn, pepper - pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground sassafras - dried root bark of the sassafras tree coriander seed, coriander - dried coriander seeds used whole or ground fennel seed - aromatic anis-scented seeds fenugreek seed, fenugreek - aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry ail, garlic - aromatic bulb used as seasoning garlic chive - large flat leaves used as chive is used mustard seed - black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powders nasturtium - flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings turmeric - ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning cardamum, cardamom, cardamon - aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces red pepper, cayenne, cayenne pepper - ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum chili powder - powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano curry powder - pungent blend of cumin and ground coriander seed and turmeric and other spices paprika - a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos angelica - candied stalks of the angelica plant almond extract - flavoring made from almonds macerated in alcohol anise seed, aniseed, anise - liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors juniper berries - berrylike cone of a common juniper; used in making gin saffron - dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus benniseed, sesame seed - small oval seeds of the sesame plant caraway seed - aromatic seeds of the caraway plant; used widely as seasoning poppy seed - small grey seed of a poppy flower; used whole or ground in baked items dill seed - seed of the dill plant used as seasoning celery seed - seed of the celery plant used as seasoning lemon extract - a flavoring made from (or imitating) lemons monosodium glutamate, MSG - white crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor; often used in Chinese cooking; "food manufacturers sometimes list MSG simply as `artificial flavors' in ingredient lists" vanilla bean - long bean-like fruit; seeds are used as flavoring
	2.	seasoning - the act of adding a seasoning to food change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" salting - the act of adding salt to food sweetening - the act of adding a sweetener to food

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seasoning

noun flavouring, spice, salt and pepper, condiment

Translations

seasoning [ˈsiːznɪŋ] n → condimento

seasoning [ˈsiːznɪŋ] season n → assaisonnement m

seasoning [ˈsiːznɪŋ] season n → Gewürz nt

seasoning [ˈsiːznɪŋ] n → condimento