"flavorize" meaning in English

See flavorize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: flavorizes [present, singular, third-person], flavorizing [participle, present], flavorized [participle, past], flavorized [past]
Etymology: flavor + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flavor|ize}} flavor + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} flavorize (third-person singular simple present flavorizes, present participle flavorizing, simple past and past participle flavorized)
  1. (transitive) To add flavor to something. Tags: transitive Synonyms: aromatize, flavorize, flavour

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for flavorize meaning in English (3.4kB)

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        "(transitive) To add flavor to something."
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        },
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