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Taste

Meanings and phrases

taste

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; taste sensation; gustatory sensation; taste perception; gustatory perception
  2. a strong liking; preference; penchant; predilection
  3. delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); appreciation; discernment; perceptiveness
  4. a brief experience of something
  5. a small amount eaten or drunk; mouthful
  6. the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; gustation; sense of taste; gustatory modality
  7. a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; tasting

taste

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
v.
  1. have flavor; taste of something; savor; savour
  2. take a sample of; sample; try; try out
  3. perceive by the sense of taste
  4. have a distinctive or characteristic taste; smack
  5. distinguish flavors
  6. experience briefly

acquired taste

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience

change taste

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
v.
  1. alter the flavor of

in good taste

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
adj.
  1. satisfying generally accepted social or esthetic standards

sense of taste

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; taste; gustation; gustatory modality

taste bud

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue; tastebud; gustatory organ

taste cell

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve; gustatory cell

taste perception

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; taste; taste sensation; gustatory sensation; gustatory perception

taste property

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a property appreciated via the sense of taste

taste sensation

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; taste; gustatory sensation; taste perception; gustatory perception

taste tester

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. someone who samples food or drink for its quality; taster; taste-tester; sampler

first taste

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • They are often a new recruit's first taste of military life.
  • That was Do's first taste of the law—he would always remember it.
  • He placed fourth in his first taste of international competition.

good taste

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • It has now become a sign of wealth and good taste.
  • "Rolling Stone" editor Jody Rosen commented about the record: "Mims has good taste in beats.
  • His style was deemed "prolix, repetitious and lacking in polish, balance, restraint and good taste".

bad taste

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Then again, who said bad taste was easy?"
  • That untoward act of sportsmanship created a bad taste among people."
  • We'd have spent a heap of dollars on it, and she has the bad taste to get pregnant.

bitter taste

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Herbivorous mammals avoid the plant due to their bitter taste.
  • Most alkaloids have a bitter taste or are poisonous when ingested.
  • The roots have a bitter taste.

sweet taste

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • The pulp is fibreless, firm and yellow with sweet taste.
  • The 'Ulster' cherry’s sweet taste has made it popular in several formats.
  • Complex carbohydrates are long chains and thus do not have the sweet taste.
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