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off-flavor

off-flavor noun: an unnatural flavor in a food or drink product caused by the presence of undesirable compounds due to contamination or deterioration.

Noun

off-flavor (plural off-flavors)

  1. An unnatural flavor in a food or drink product caused by the presence of undesirable compounds due to contamination or deterioration.
    • They burned out the inside of used barrels so the whiskey would not pick up off-flavors, and found the taste improved still more.1963, Gerard Carson, The Social History of Bourbon, Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, published 2010, →ISBN, page 36

Forms of off-flavor

pluraloff-flavors
alternative formoff-flavour

Origin of off-flavor

From off- + flavor.

Questions about off-flavor

What does off-flavor mean?
Off-flavor means an unnatural flavor in a food or drink product caused by the presence of undesirable compounds due to contamination or deterioration.
What part of speech is off-flavor?
Off-flavor is a noun.
What is the plural of off-flavor?
The plural of off-flavor is off-flavors.

Words near off-flavor in the dictionary

  1. off-corn
  2. off-day
  3. off-dry
  4. off-duty
  5. off-field
  6. off-flavor
  7. off-flavors
  8. off-flavour
  9. off-flavours
  10. off-flow
  11. off-flows

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