'Seasoning' definitions:

Definition of 'seasoning'

(from WordNet)
noun
Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts [syn: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning]
noun
The act of adding a seasoning to food

Definition of 'Seasoning'

From: GCIDE
  • Season \Sea"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seasoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Seasoning.]
  • 1. To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit. [1913 Webster]
  • He is fit and seasoned for his passage. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable. [1913 Webster]
  • You season still with sports your serious hours. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • The proper use of wit is to season conversation. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. "When mercy seasons justice." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To imbue; to tinge or taint. "Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth." --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Seasoning'

From: GCIDE
  • Seasoning \Sea"son*ing\, n.
  • 1. The act or process by which anything is seasoned. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation. [1913 Webster]
  • Political speculations are of so dry and austere a nature, that they will not go down with the public without frequent seasonings. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Seasoning tub (Bakery), a trough in which dough is set to rise. --Knight. [1913 Webster]