Food and drink

Synonyms for season

The synonym for season recorded in this bank is flavor, in the sense "to add salt, spice, or other flavoring to food". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 6 puzzles

The synonym for season

flavorverb, in the sense "to add salt, spice, or other flavoring to food"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and season carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsFood and drink

to add salt, spice, or other flavoring to food

Good cooks season the chicken before roasting it in the oven.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

flavor

Same sentence, swapped: Good cooks flavor the chicken before roasting it in the oven.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for season in the sentence quoted.

cook
plate
chill

Where season turns up in the game

season is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

4 of the 6 puzzles where season is the trap

devourverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is gobble, in the sense "to eat something quickly and hungrily", and season is on the board beside it.
occasionnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is event, in the sense "a particular event, especially one marked by celebration or formality", and season is on the board beside it.
nibbleverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is peck, in the sense "to eat with small, light bites, especially without much appetite", with season sitting one tile away.
nourishverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sustain, in the sense "to provide a living thing with the food needed for health and growth", with season sitting one tile away.

Play season

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so season reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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carryverbholddrink alcohol without showing ill effectsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line condimentnounsaucea substance such as a sauce added to food to enhance its flavorFoothillsHas a reason line crunchyadjectivecrispymaking a sharp noise and offering resistance when bittenFoothillsHas a reason line delicacynountreata rare or expensive food item considered highly desirableFoothillsHas a reason line coffeenounjavaa beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beansRidgelineHas a reason line babynounbabea very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talkFoothillsHas a reason line backgroundnoungroundthe part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foregroundFoothills bagnoundishan activity that you like or at which you are superiorFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

The wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. season carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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