savoriness.

A rich flavor associated with foods such as broth, cooked meat, or mushrooms.

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Words that belong together

• rich savoriness
• savoriness of broth

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The mushrooms added savoriness without making the sauce saltier.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.