Definitions for savor

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savor sa·vor

Spelling: [sey-ver]

IPA: /ˈseɪ vər/

Savor is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in savor (aorsv).

Definitions for savor

noun

1. the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
2. a particular taste or smell.
3. distinctive quality or property.
4. power to excite or interest.
5. Archaic. repute.

verb (used with object)

1. to give a savor to; season; flavor.
2. to perceive by taste or smell, especially with relish:
3. to give oneself to the enjoyment of:

verb (used without object)

1. to have savor, taste, or odor.
2. to exhibit the peculiar characteristics; smack (often followed by of):

Origin of savor

1175-1225; (noun) Middle English sav(o)ur Old French savour Latin sapōrem, accusative of sapor taste, derivative of sapere to taste (cf. sapient); (v.) Middle Engl

Examples for savor

It held within it all the savor of a happy past; it satisfied her hungry soul.

She abandoned herself to the savor of it, the girl forgotten.

It was well that the attic should be cleaned, though the savor of the task was gone.

Champagne should be fun and you should savor every moment of it.

Inherent Vice brings you a sprawling, unobstructed narrative, and then asks you to savor as much as you can.

Confusedly the savor of Abel's sacrifice was sweet to His nostrils, not Cain's fruits.

Some are pilgrims from out of town, come to savor the best granola on the West Coast.

He is the salt of the earth, and if the salt lose its savor, wherewith shall it be salted?

And so the shaming of them, the public taking them down a peg or two, become moments to savor.

Mindful eating will allow you to savor your food and eat more intuitively, rather than emotionally.