SEASONED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seasoned mean? 

• SEASONED (adjective)
  The adjective SEASONED has 2 senses:

1. aged or processed

2. rendered competent through trial and experience

  Familiarity information: SEASONED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEASONED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aged or processed

Context example:

seasoned wood

Similar:

cured ((used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening)

Antonym:

unseasoned (not aged or processed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Rendered competent through trial and experience

Synonyms:

seasoned; veteran

Context example:

a veteran officer

Similar:

experienced; experient (having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation)

 Context examples 

“I will have a hotly seasoned dish for some folk I know of,” answered Don Pedro with a cold smile.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The wood was seasoned and dry, and it was tied so closely to his neck that he could scarcely get his teeth to it.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Soon you’ll need to decide how best to manage the influx of cash, perhaps with the help of your experienced, seasoned financial advisor.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I dined on what they called "robber steak"—bits of bacon, onion, and beef, seasoned with red pepper, and strung on sticks and roasted over the fire, in the simple style of the London cat's meat!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“His majesty here will doubtless order that you have this dish hotly seasoned when we are all safely in Castile.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)