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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
artificial flavours
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Ice cream often has artificial flavours in it.
fuller flavour
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Now you can enjoy Nescafé's fuller flavour in a decaffeinated form.
mild flavour
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a cheese with a pleasant mild flavour
subtle taste/flavour/smell etc
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The flavour of the dried berries is more subtle.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bitter
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Carbon dioxide also offers the flexibility to separate the hop components into bitter and flavour fractions.
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Raw berries should be cooked and sweetened before being eaten because they have an intensely bitter flavour .
delicate
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Their skin is rough and sometimes striped, with a sweet and scented delicate flavour .
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Formosa Oolong A semi-fermented or oxidised tea with a delicate flavour .
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Boneless salmon fillets are especially popular with children who enjoy its delicate , fresh flavour .
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After centuries of crumbling gently before exciting our taste buds with your delicate flavour you have finally departed your origins.
distinctive
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Corn oil is slightly heavier and more distinctive in flavour - I find it too heavy for salads.
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In many cases the use of local materials imparted to country stations a distinctive regional flavour .
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No brewer should ever be afraid of making beer with a distinctive flavour .
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To my taste, none of these have a particularly distinctive flavour , but the quality in texture is immediately obvious.
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Thanks to some very skilful hanging each of the four rooms used has a very distinctive flavour all its own.
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They tend to have a distinctive , pungent flavour and are quite different from other cheeses.
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It has a distinctive flavour that blends well with pork.
full
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The Flavia is a small tomato, which is left on the vine longer to develop a fuller flavour .
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Mushrooms: large open cup mushrooms are full of flavour .
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Blanquette de Limoux has a lovely creamy taste, with a full , rounded flavour .
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It does cook up wet and sticky, but has a texture of its own and is full of flavour .
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Some differential geometry and tensor analysis is needed in order to appreciate the full flavour of the theory.
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Nowadays, Lancashire cheese is kept for three months, so it has a slightly fuller flavour .
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So, you can enjoy the full flavour of Nescafé in a decaffeinated form.
good
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Of course, meat must eat well, that is, be tender, juicy, and of good flavour .
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Lots of cherries and other fruit and good boozy flavour - a cross between Christmas cake and pudding.
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The longer this salad chills the better the flavour .
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Safeway Organic Bananas, £1.59 for six A sweet banana with good all-round flavour and a smooth texture.
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Follow the given preparation and cooking order correctly for the best flavour and beautiful vivid colours.
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We were looking for a good flavour and meaty texture.
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Both have a good flavour when fully ripened, but the unpasteurised cheeses are very strong and an absolute delight!
international
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But it was not only the international flavour of Penguin New Writing that distinguished it from other symposia of this kind.
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In fact the international flavour came early.
mild
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I keep one pressed goats' milk cheese, Burndell, which has a creamy texture and a mild flavour .
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Doux de Montagne is a delicious, semi-hard cheese with a mild , fruity flavour and buttery after-taste.
nutty
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It has a rich nutty flavour and a full bodied bouquet.
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Buckwheat pasta has a strong, nutty flavour .
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They have a distinctively nutty flavour and texture.
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Excelso has a nutty flavour and Medellin is very fragrant.
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Wild rice has a very nutty flavour and takes a long time to cook.
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Both types belong to the kidney bean family and have a slightly nutty flavour .
rich
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The Norfolk Royal Russet is a new apple with rich flavour and scent.
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I use grapeseed oil for mayonnaise, finding that olive oil gives too rich a flavour .
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It has a rich nutty flavour and a full bodied bouquet.
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Excellent, rich flavour with plenty of fruit, nuts and alcohol, though it needs a little more spice and peel.
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Finally it is blended with 10 year old Balsamic vinegar to give its distinctive dark, sweet, rich flavour .
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The brown sugar, incidentally, gives rhubarb a specially rich flavour and colour.
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Recipes with imagination and taste, rich in flavour not unwanted calories or fats.
strong
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The more finely sliced the ingredients the stronger the flavour .
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Contains lots of cherries and other fruit and has a strong citrus flavour .
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The cheese is firm in texture and has a strong flavour .
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Mace is the outer husk of the nutmeg and has a strong but fragrant flavour .
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When the purée is made a little extra port can be added by those who like a stronger flavour of wine.
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Buckwheat pasta has a strong , nutty flavour .
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For a stronger flavour , sprinkle the sponge biscuits with orange juice and extra Cointreau.
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The resulting baking had a strong garlic flavour , more acceptable perhaps in bread, but cakes, Yuk!
subtle
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Kikkoman Soy Sauce takes its pure and subtle flavour from the lengthy natural fermentation process.
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Goujons of sole Here's a recipe to make the lovely, firm texture and subtle flavour of sole go a little further.
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The latter are the hottest, the dried berries having a more subtle flavour .
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Processed Caerphilly can be rather bland, but a traditional farmhouse variety has a delicious, if subtle flavour .
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It gave the dish a very subtle flavour , that Port-Salut.
unique
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Internment - as opposed to prisoners-of-war camps - has a unique sociological flavour .
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Without bruising the town's unique flavour , Stein has found its old buildings a creative role in a modern world.
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They have a unique flavour and need only to be used sparingly to enliven the dullest of dishes.
■ VERB
add
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It adds a characteristic flavour to a range of savoury dishes, from pizza to pork chops.
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If liked, 1 teaspoon of rum could be added for extra flavour .
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If possible, brush the sauce on a couple of hours before cooking as this will add greatly to the flavour .
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He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists.
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To add more flavour , sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper.
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You can more or less make soup from anything, though a good home-made stock adds a certain flavour .
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If your food tastes bland at first, add flavour with herbs and spices, particularly garlic.
give
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Add a bit of orange peel, it you like, and a crushed dried and seeded chilli gives a nice flavour .
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This long extract gives one the general flavour of Locke's discourse, besides illustrating some of his main propositions.
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The addition of the sun-dried tomatoes gives extra flavour to the sauce.
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A few examples may give a flavour .
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I use grapeseed oil for mayonnaise, finding that olive oil gives too rich a flavour .
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It is a long way short of defining the format, but gives the flavour .
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Three typical examples will give a flavour of the nature and range of such problems. 1.
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They played a few bars to the listeners at home, just to give them the flavour .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
richly flavoured/scented
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These are full-bodied, richly flavoured wines which, with the wines of Sacy, are the best of the Petite Montagne.
strawberry-flavoured/chocolate-flavoured etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The wine wasn't bad, but it didn't have much flavour .
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This sauce has a really unusual flavour .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even the regional flavour of the menu has been lost.
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I part and sample their famous shellfish, strange in flavour , perfect in appearance.
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It's a focal point for people from miles around and has a really continental flavour .
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It is certainly easy to prepare, but I always think it lacks the flavour of some other types of rice.
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On this occasion, as an added piquancy, the festival promised to have a distinctly radical flavour .
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One can not over-emphasise the need to remove any disciplinary flavour from the proposed system.
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Tasteless apart from the overwhelming sugar flavour .
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Teewurst has a rich and pronounced smoked flavour and is delicious on hot toast or crackers.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cardamoms are used to flavour rice and, after saffron, are the world's most expensive spice.
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Cut down on salt and use more herbs to flavour your food. 7.
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Dijon mustards are flavoured with spices.
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Haslet is a pork meat loaf, which is flavoured with a variety of herbs and spices.
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It is sometimes flavoured with peppercorns.
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It was noodles flavoured with flakes of dried tuna from Miyako.