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- noun Plural form of
flavour . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
flavour .
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Examples
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The old saying, "_De gustibus non disputandum_," is based upon the fact that both liking and the repulsion evinced by human beings for different odours (including those odours which we call flavours) are not matters of general agreement.
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The combination of flavours is really interesting, Nice cupcakes.
IronCupcake_004: Pear Cupcakes w/ Cranberry Orange Filling 2008
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The jam has a rich, vibrant colour, and its 3 main flavours meld perfectly, none of them overpowering the other.
Ispahan jam makes it all taste so good Michele 2007
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It also dovetails with a general interest in Latin flavours, which account for more than half of the ethnic food market, says Maria Caranfa, an analyst with market research firm Mintel.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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It also dovetails with a general interest in Latin flavours, which account for more than half of the ethnic food market, says Maria Caranfa, an analyst with market research firm Mintel.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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Debuting on Saturday at the Boomerang Pets Party in Regents Park, London, will be serving up two "flavours" - "dog eat hog world,"
Eater National 2010
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Debuting on Saturday at the Boomerang Pets Party in Regents Park, London, will be serving up two "flavours" - "dog eat hog world,"
Eater National 2010
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Neutrinos exist in three "flavours" - muon, electron and tau - that oscillate from one to the other as they travel in space.
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Barby, I believe, has a good opinion of us, and charitably concludes that we mean right; but some other of our country friends would think I was far gone in uppishness if they knew that I never touch fish with a steel knife; and it wouldn't mend the matter much to tell them that the combination of flavours is disagreeable to me – it hardly suits the doctrine of liberty and equality that my palate should be so much nicer than theirs.
Queechy 1854
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Even Holliday is realist enough to concede that “we must recognize people’s aesthetic preferences for types of English and types of speakers, and the possibility that they may prefer flavours from the English-speaking West over indigenous flavours for a multiplicity of reasons” (op. cit., p. 60).
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