seasoned
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
season/ˈsiːzn/
▶noun
- 1 each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours.
■ the time of year when a particular fruit, vegetable, etc., is plentiful and in good condition.
- 2 a period of the year characterized by an activity or event, especially a particular sport: the football season.
■ (the season) the time of year traditionally marked by fashionable upper-class social events.
- 3 (usu. in phr. in season) a period when a female mammal is ready to mate.
- 4 archaic a proper or suitable time: to everything there is a season.
■ an indefinite or unspecified period of time; a while.
- 1 add salt, herbs, or spices to (food).
- 2 add an enlivening quality or feature to.
- 3 keep (wood) so as to dry it for use as timber.
- 4 (as adj. seasoned) accustomed to particular conditions; experienced.
– origin ME: from OFr. seson, from L. satio(n-) ‘sowing’, later ‘time of sowing’.
'seasoned' also found in these Oxford entries:
aioli
- biriani
- brisling
- caponata
- Cornish pasty
- faggot
- forcemeat
- frankfurter
- frumenty
- green
- haggis
- kielbasa
- knackwurst
- mortadella
- pastrami
- pâté
- pepperoni
- pilau rice
- quenelle
- ragout
- rarebit
- rillettes
- salami
- sausage
- saveloy
- season
- tamale
- tartare
- tostada
