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seasoning

noun

Etymology

From Middle English seasonyng, present participle of Middle English sesounen (“to season”), equivalent to season + -ing.

  1. derived from sesounen — “to season”
  2. inherited from seasonyng

Definitions

  1. Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other…

    Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.

    • 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.”

  2. Anything added to increase enjoyment.

  3. A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. An alcoholic intoxication.

      • 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.”

    2. In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil.

    3. The air drying of wood.

    4. present participle and gerund of season

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Derived

beau monde seasoning, hunger is the best seasoning, Montreal seasoning, Montreal steak seasoning

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at seasoning. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01seasoning02add03augment04grow05increase06fruitful07fruit08sweet09salty10salt

A definitional loop anchored at seasoning. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at seasoning

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA