noun
Uncommon
seasoning
Seasoning (noun) means Salt, herbs, spices, or other ingredients added to food to improve its taste. Example: “This soup needs more seasoning.”
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Salt, herbs, spices, or other ingredients added to food to improve its taste.
"To distinctify the seasoning, add grated fresh ginger, finely minced green chili (serrano or jalapeno), or chopped fresh herbs: cilantro, mint, thyme."
— Yoga Journal (1989)
"This soup needs more seasoning."
"The recipe calls for a simple seasoning of salt, pepper, and thyme."
"“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.”"
— Maggie Hiufu Wong, MSG is the most misunderstood ingredient of the century. That’s finally changing (2024)
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
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Word forms
- Plural
- seasonings
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This soup needs more _____.
Etymology
From "season" (the verb, meaning to flavour food) plus "-ing."
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Rhymes for seasoning
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What does “seasoning” mean?
The word “seasoning” means salt, herbs, spices, or other ingredients added to food to improve its taste. In plain terms, anything you add to food to give it more flavour, like salt, pepper, or spice blends.
How do you use “seasoning” in a sentence?
Here is “seasoning” used in a sentence: “This soup needs more seasoning.”
What part of speech is “seasoning”?
“Seasoning” is a noun.
Is “seasoning” a common word?
“Seasoning” is an uncommon word in modern English.
