# seasoning

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #20,220

## Definitions
1. Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.
2. Anything added to increase enjoyment.
3. A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick.
4. An alcoholic intoxication.
5. In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil.
6. The air drying of wood.

## Etymology
From season + -ing.

## Common misspellings (13)
`esasoning`, `saesoning`, `seaosning`, `seasnoing`, `seasoinng`, `seasonign`, `seasoningg`, `seasoninng`, `seasonnig`, `seasonning`, `seassoning`, `sesaoning`, `sseasoning`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/seasoning