seasoning

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From season + -ing. ==== Noun ==== seasoning (countable and uncountable, plural seasonings) (cooking) Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice. (figurative, by extension) Anything added to increase enjoyment. A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick. (archaic) An alcoholic intoxication. In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil. The air drying of wood. ===== Synonyms ===== (intoxication): drunkenness ===== Hyponyms ===== See also Thesaurus:seasoning ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English seasonyng, present participle of Middle English sesounen (“to season”), equivalent to season +‎ -ing. ==== Verb ==== seasoning present participle and gerund of season === Anagrams === snogaines