seasoning

Other forms of seasoning

plural

seasonings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about seasoning

What does seasoning mean?

seasoning means "something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seasoning?

seasoning has 3 syllables: sea-so-ning. The stress falls on "sea". In IPA it is /ˈsizənɪŋ/.

What is another word for seasoning?

Close synonyms include flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is seasoning a common word?

seasoning is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.