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- Dictionarysa·vor/ˈsāvər/
verb
- 1. taste (good food or drink) and enjoy it completely: "gourmets will want to savor our game specialties"
- 2. have a suggestion or trace of (something, especially something bad): "their genuflections savored of superstition and popery" Similar
noun
- 1. a characteristic taste, flavor, or smell, especially a pleasant one: "the subtle savor of wood smoke" Similar
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The meaning of SAVOR is the taste or smell of something. How to use savor in a sentence.
SAVOR definition: 1. to enjoy food or an experience slowly, in order to enjoy it as much as possible: 2. pleasure…. Learn more.
When you savor something, you enjoy it so much that you want to make it last forever. With that in mind, savor carries a connotation of doing something slowly. If you savor that flourless chocolate tart, then you eat it slowly, bit by bit, deliberately picking every last crumb off the plate.
If you savor food or drink, you eat or drink it slowly in order to taste its full flavor and to enjoy it properly.
noun. the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell. Synonyms: fragrance, scent, odor, smack, relish. a particular taste or smell. distinctive quality or property. power to excite or interest. Archaic. repute. verb (used without object) to have savor, taste, or odor.
n. 1. A specific taste or smell: the savor of fresh mint. 2. The quality of something that is perceived as taste or smell: "There is little savor in dead men's meat" (Stephen Vincent Benét). 3. A distinctive quality or characteristic: enjoyed the savors of local life on their trip. v. sa·vored, sa·vor·ing, sa·vors. v.intr. 1.
Savor Definition. sāvər. savored, savoring, savors. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. savors. That quality of a thing which acts on the sense of taste or of smell. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A particular taste or smell. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
savor something to enjoy the full taste or flavor of something, especially by eating or drinking it slowly synonym relish He ate his meal slowly, savoring every mouthful. She took a sip of wine, savoring the fine vintage. Want to learn more?
to perceive by taste or smell, esp. with relish: to savor the garden's odors. to give oneself to the enjoyment of: to savor the best in life. Also, [ esp. Brit., ] sa ′ vour.
Definition of savor noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
