season

Meanings

• a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
  • "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"
  • "she always looked forward to the avocado season"
• one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
  • "the regular sequence of the seasons"
• a recurrent time marked by major holidays
  • "it was the Christmas season"
• lend flavor to
  • "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"
• make fit
  • "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate

Synonyms

flavor, flavour, harden, mollify, temper, time of year