Word Meanings - SEASONING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act or process by which anything is seasoned. 2. That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment. 3. Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the

Additional info about word: SEASONING

1. The act or process by which anything is seasoned. 2. That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment. 3. Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation. Political speculations are of so dry and austere a nature, that they will not go down with the public without frequent seasonings. Addison. Seasoning tub , a trough in which dough is set to rise. Knight.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SEASONING)

• Condiment
• Sauce
• pickle
• preserve
• seasoning

Related words: (words related to SEASONING)

• SAUCEPAN
  A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.
• SAUCE
  pickle, fr. L. salsus salted, salt, p.p. of salire to salt, fr. sal 1. A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc.
• CONDIMENT
  Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning. As for radish and the like, they are for condiments, and not for nourishment. Bacon.
• SAUCER
  1. A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table. Bacon. 2. A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table. 3. Something resembling a saucer in shape. Specifically: A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken
• SEASONER
  One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.
• SEASONAL
  Of or pertaining to the seasons. Seasonal dimorphism , the condition of having two distinct varieties which appear at different seasons, as certain species of butterflies in which the spring brood differs from the summer or autumnal brood.
• PRESERVER
  1. One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another. Shak. 2. One who makes preserves of fruit. Game preserver. See under Game.
• SEASONLESS
  Without succession of the seasons.
• SEASONAGE
  A seasoning. outh.
• SAUCE-ALONE
  Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.
• PICKLE
  See PICLE
• SEASONABLE
  Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; suitable to the season; opportune; timely; as, a seasonable supply of rain. Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction. Ecclus. xxxv. 20. -- Sea"son*a*ble*ness,
• SEASONING
  1. The act or process by which anything is seasoned. 2. That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment. 3. Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the
• PICKLE-HERRING
  1. A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. Shak. 2. A merry-andrew; a buffoon. Addison.
• SAUCEBOX
  A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child. Saucebox, go, meddle with your lady's fan, And prate not here! A. Brewer.
• PRESERVE
  1. To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect. O Lord, thou preserved man and beast. Ps. xxxvi. 6. Now, good angels preserve the king. Shak. 2. To save from decay by the use of some
• PICKLED
  Preserved in a pickle.
• PICKLER
  One who makes pickles.
• SEASON
  fr. L. satio a sowing, a planting, fr. serere, satum, to sow, plant; 1. One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative
• HOLLANDAISE SAUCE; HOLLANDAISE
  A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar.
• ATELETS SAUCE; SAUCE AUX HATELETS
  A sauce used for covering bits of meat, small birds, or fish, strung on skewers for frying.
• TABASCO SAUCE
  A kind of very pungent sauce made from red peppers.
• PICLE; PICKLE
  A small piece of land inclosed with a hedge; a close.
• UNSEASON
  1. To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning. 2. To strike unseasonably; to affect disagreeably or unfavorably. Why do I send this rustic madrigal, That may thy tuneful ear unseason quite Spenser.
• TEA-SAUCER
  A small saucer in which a teacup is set.
• HIGH-SEASONED
  Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
• MINT SAUCE
  1. A sauce of vinegar and sugar flavored with spearmint leaves. 2. Money.