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Seasoning

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice. countable, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    the act of adding a seasoning to food wordnet
  3. 3
    Anything added to increase enjoyment. broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
  4. 4
    something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts wordnet
  5. 5
    A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    An alcoholic intoxication. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "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.”"

  2. 7
    In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    The air drying of wood. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of season form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From season + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English seasonyng, present participle of Middle English sesounen (“to season”), equivalent to season + -ing.

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