seasoning
Americannoun
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salt or an herb, spice, or the like, for heightening or improving the flavor of food.
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the process by which a person becomes conditioned or seasoned.
That pitcher had a year of seasoning.
noun
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something that enhances the flavour of food, such as salt or herbs
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another term (not now in technical usage) for drying
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The original profitability and IPO seasoning guardrails were instituted after the 2000 dot-com bubble crash, when hot but unprofitable IPOs burned investors.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Like many of the ingredients in this story, gravy packets work best when viewed less as a finished product and more as a seasoning blend—one designed to add a little extra gravity to dinner.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Stirred into potato salad, it contributes not only seasoning but a subtle lactic tang that would otherwise require additional ingredients to achieve.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
“Shortening the seasoning period to six months is a pragmatic evolution,” former S&P Dow Jones Indices CEO Alex Matturri wrote on LinkedIn.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
Helda, on May’s orders, kept the Korean foodstuffs down here, the earthenware jars of pickled vegetables and meats, the fermented seasoning pastes and sauces, strips of dried seafood.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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