off-flavor

noun

An unnatural flavor in a food or drink product caused by the presence of undesirable compounds due to contamination or deterioration.

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Meanings

nounoff-flavor (plural off-flavors)

plural off-flavors · alternative off-flavour

  1. An unnatural flavor in a food or drink product caused by the presence of undesirable compounds due to contamination or deterioration.

    They burned out the inside of used barrels so the whiskey would not pick up off-flavors, and found the taste improved still more.

    1963, Gerard Carson, The Social History of Bourbon, Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, published 2010, →ISBN, page 36

Origin

From off- + flavor.

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APA

off-flavor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-flavor

MLA

“off-flavor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-flavor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “off-flavor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-flavor.

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