noun
seasoning
noun
1
Salt, herbs, spices, or other ingredients added to food to improve its taste.
"This soup needs more seasoning."
"The recipe calls for a simple seasoning of salt, pepper, and thyme."
How to Use Seasoning
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAnything you add to food to give it more flavour, like salt, pepper, or spice blends.
Common pairings
add seasoning
a blend of seasoning
taste the seasoning
Word Forms
seasonings plural
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Etymology
From "season" (the verb, meaning to flavour food) plus "-ing."