From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
flavour
n 1: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the
effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city
excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the
meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit,
tone, feel, feeling, flavor, look, smell]
2: (physics) the kinds of quarks and antiquarks [syn: flavor]
3: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, sapidity, savor,
savour, smack, tang]
v : lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting
it" [syn: season, flavor]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flavor \Fla"vor\, n. [OF. fleur, flaur (two syllables), odor,
cf. F. fleurer to emit an odor, It. flatore a bad odor, prob.
fr. L. flare to bow, whence the sense of exhalation. Cf.
Blow.] [Written also flavour.]
1. That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor;
fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.
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2. That quality of anything which affects the taste; that
quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor;
as, the flavor of food or drink.
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3. That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste,
gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions
of the palate; a substance which flavors.
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4. That quality which gives character to any of the
productions of literature or the fine arts.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
flavour \flavour\ v. t.
same as flavor, v. and n.. [Chiefly Brit.]
Syn: season, flavor, give flavor.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
flavour
<jargon> (US: flavor) 1. Variety, type, kind. "DDT commands
come in two flavors." "These lights come in two flavors, big
red ones and small green ones." See vanilla.
2. The attribute that causes something to be flavourful.
Usually used in the phrase "yields additional flavour". "This
convention yields additional flavor by allowing one to print
text either right-side-up or upside-down." See vanilla.
This usage was certainly reinforced by the terminology of
quantum chromodynamics, in which quarks (the constituents of,
e.g. protons) come in six flavors (up, down, strange, charm,
top, bottom) and three colours (red, blue, green), however,
hackish use of "flavor" at MIT predated QCD.
3. The term for "class" (in the object-oriented sense) in
the LISP Machine Flavors system. Though the Flavors
design has been superseded (notably by the Common LISP
CLOS facility), the term "flavor" is still used as a general
synonym for "class" by some Lisp hackers.
(1994-11-01)