seasoning

plural seasonings

1. countableuncountablecookingSomething used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.

   To distinctify the seasoning, add grated fresh ginger, finely minced green chili (serrano or jalapeno), or chopped fresh herbs: cilantro, mint, thyme.

   1989, Yoga Journal, number 89, page 82

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   “We use it in drinks. We use it in desserts. We use it in savory food. It’s in almost everything. Salt, sugar and MSG – I always joke that they’re the Chinese Trinity of seasonings.”

   2024 January 2, Maggie Hiufu Wong, “MSG is the most misunderstood ingredient of the century. That’s finally changing”, in CNN

2. broadlycountablefigurativelyuncountableAnything added to increase enjoyment.
3. countableuncountableA coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick.
4. archaiccountableuncountableAn alcoholic intoxication.

   Some of our gentlemen officers, happening to stop at a tavern, or rather a sort of grogshop, took such a seasoning that two or three of them became “quite frisky.”

   Synonyms: drunkenness

5. countableuncountableIn diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil.
6. countableuncountableThe air drying of wood.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of season