SEASONING Synonyms

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

• something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

• a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

• aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities

• mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking

• soak in marinade

• negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons

• a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

• white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

• the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

• (of speech) painful or bitter

• add salt to

• sprinkle as if with salt

• add zest or liveliness to

• preserve with salt

• taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality

• aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative

• any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food

• the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored

• make more interesting or flavorful

• add herbs or spices to

• mix or mingle

• how long something has existed

• an era of history having some distinctive feature

• a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises

• a prolonged period of time

• a late time of life

• begin to seem older; get older

• grow old or older

• make older

• a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten

• the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

• lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

• make an alloy of

• preserve by removing all water and liquids from

• remove water from

• lose water or moisture

• lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless

• preserve by removing all water and liquids from

• remove water from

• lose water or moisture

• a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

• habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

• the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

• the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

• (physics) the six kinds of quarks

• lend flavor to

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

• (physics) the six kinds of quarks

• the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

• lend flavor to

• become hard or harder

• make hard or harder

• harden by reheating and cooling in oil

• make healthy

• cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

• combine into one

• characteristic of maturity

• having reached full natural growth or development

• fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

• (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination

• fully considered and perfected

• develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

• develop and work out fully in one's mind

• become due for repayment

• cause to ripen or develop fully

• grow old or older

• cause to ripen and discharge pus

• being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme

• a person who takes a position in the political center

• not extreme

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• preside over

• make less fast or intense

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• make less severe or harsh

• make less strong or intense; soften

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else