'Seasoning' definitions:
Definition of 'seasoning'
From: WordNet
noun
Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts [syn: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning]
noun
The act of adding a seasoning to food
Definition of 'Seasoning'
From: GCIDE
- Season \Sea"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seasoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Seasoning.]
- 1. To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit. [1913 Webster]
- He is fit and seasoned for his passage. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable. [1913 Webster]
- You season still with sports your serious hours. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- The proper use of wit is to season conversation. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. "When mercy seasons justice." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To imbue; to tinge or taint. "Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth." --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Seasoning'
From: GCIDE
- Seasoning \Sea"son*ing\, n.
- 1. The act or process by which anything is seasoned. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation. [1913 Webster]
- Political speculations are of so dry and austere a nature, that they will not go down with the public without frequent seasonings. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Seasoning tub (Bakery), a trough in which dough is set to rise. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'seasoning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- acclimation,
- acclimatization,
- accommodation,
- accustoming,
- adaption,
- adjustment,
- aging,
- anhydration,
- background,
- beautification,
- blaseness,
- blast-freezing,
- bottling,
- breaking,
- breaking-in,
- brining,
- canning,
- capability,
- case hardening,
- competence,
- competency,
- condiment,
- condiments,
- condition,
- conditioning,
- corning,
- curing,
- dash,
- dehydration,
- desiccation,
- development,
- domestication,
- dry-curing,
- drying,
- elaboration,
- embalming,
- embellishment,
- evaporation,
- evolution,
- experience,
- familiarization,
- fitness,
- fittedness,
- flavor,
- flavorer,
- flavoring,
- freeze-drying,
- freezing,
- fuming,
- habituation,
- hardening,
- hint,
- housebreaking,
- infusion,
- inkling,
- intimation,
- inurement,
- irradiation,
- jerking,
- marination,
- mastery,
- maturation,
- maturescence,
- maturity,
- mellowing,
- mummification,
- naturalization,
- orientation,
- past experience,
- perfection,
- pickling,
- potting,
- practical knowledge,
- practice,
- preparedness,
- proficiency,
- qualification,
- quick-freezing,
- readiness,
- refinement,
- refrigeration,
- relish,
- ripeness,
- ripening,
- sagacity,
- salting,
- sauce,
- seasoner,
- senescence,
- shade,
- smack,
- smoking,
- sophistication,
- soupcon,
- spice,
- sprinkling,
- stuffing,
- suggestion,
- suitability,
- suitableness,
- suitedness,
- suspicion,
- taint,
- taming,
- taxidermy,
- tempering,
- thought,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tinning,
- tint,
- touch,
- trace,
- training,
- trim,
- vestige,
- worldly wisdom,
- zest
Words containing 'Seasoning'
- In season,
- Out of season,
- Season,
- Seasonable,
- Seasonableness,
- Seasonably,
- Seasonal,
- Seasoned,
- Seasoner,
- seasonally,
- seasons,
- Seasonal dimorphism,
- Seasoning tub,
- baseball season,
- basketball season,
- dry season,
- exhibition season,
- fishing season,
- football season,
- growing season,
- high season,
- hockey season,
- holiday season,
- hunting season,
- in due season,
- off-season,
- peak season,
- rainy season,
- season ticket,
- seasonal adjustment,
- seasonal worker,
- seasoned salt,
- silly season,
- social season,
- theatrical season,
- High-seasoned,
- Lakes of the Four Seasons,
- Lakes of the Four Seasons, IN,
- Village of Four Seasons,
- seasonal affective disorder,
- Village of Four Seasons, MO,
- triple-crown season