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off-flavour

off-flavour is the alternative form of off-flavor.

Meaning of off-flavor

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-flavour

pluraloff-flavours

Questions about off-flavour

What is off-flavour the alternative form of?
Off-flavour is the alternative form of off-flavor.

Words near off-flavour in the dictionary

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

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