| Main Entry: | season |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flavor food |
Synonyms: |
color, enliven, lace, leaven, pep, pepper, salt, spice |
Antonyms: |
cook plain |
| Main Entry: | season |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acclimatize, prepare |
Synonyms: |
acclimate, accustom, anneal, climatize, discipline, fit, habituate, harden, inure, mature, qualify, school, steel, temper, toughen, train |
| Main Entry: | seasoning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flavoring for food |
Synonyms: |
condiment, dressing, gravy, herb, pepper, pungency, relish, salt, sauce, spice, zest |
| Notes: | herbs are, technically, plants with aerial parts used for seasoning foods and a spice (also called seasoning) is any substance used for seasoning foods; many herbs are used as spices, but not all |
| Main Entry: | acclimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become adjusted, adapted |
Synonyms: |
acclimatize, accommodate, acculture, accustom, climatize, conform, get used to, habituate, harden, season, toughen |
| Main Entry: | accustom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get used to |
Synonyms: |
acclimatize, acculturate, acquaint, adapt, familiarize, habituate, season |
| Main Entry: | background |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experience or circumstances |
Synonyms: |
accomplishments, acquirement, actions, atmosphere, attainment, aura, backdrop, breeding, capacity, credentials, cultivation, culture, deeds, education, environment, framework, grounding, history, practice, preparation, qualification, rearing, seasoning, tradition, training, upbringing |
Antonyms: |
foreground |
| Main Entry: | baste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moisten during cooking |
Synonyms: |
brush with liquid, drip, grease, lard, season |
| Main Entry: | condiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flavoring |
Synonyms: |
catsup, dressing, gravy, horseradish, ketchup, mustard, pepper, relish, salsa, salt, sauce, seasoning, spice, zest |
| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small amount; suggestion |
Synonyms: |
bit, drop, few drops, flavor, grain, hint, lick, little, part, pinch, scattering, seasoning, smack, smidgen, soupçon, sprinkle, sprinkling, squirt, streak, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, trifle, zest |
Antonyms: |
glob, lump |
| Main Entry: | experience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge |
Synonyms: |
acquaintance, action, actuality, background, caution, combat, contact, doing, empiricism, evidence, existence, exposure, familiarity, forebearance, intimacy, involvement, inwardness, judgment, know-how, maturity, observation, participation, patience, perspicacity, practicality, practice, proof, reality, savoir-faire, seasoning, sense, skill, sophistication, strife, struggle, training, trial, understanding, wisdom, worldliness |
Antonyms: |
ignorance, immaturity, inexperience |