taste

Meanings

• the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus;
• "the candy left him with a bad taste"
• "the melon had a delicious taste"
• a strong liking;
• delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);
• "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"
• "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
• a brief experience of something;
• "he got a taste of life on the wild side"
• "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence"
• a small amount eaten or drunk;
• "take a taste--you'll like it"
• the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth;
• "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
• a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds;
• have flavor; taste of something
• perceive by the sense of taste;
• "Can you taste the garlic?"
• take a sample of;
• have a distinctive or characteristic taste;
• "This tastes of nutmeg"
• distinguish flavors;
• "We tasted wines last night"
• experience briefly;
• "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"
• TASTE v TASTED, TASTING, TASTES to perceive the flavor of by taking into the mouth TASTABLE adj

Synonyms

• taste sensation
• gustatory sensation
• taste perception
• gustatory perception
• preference
• penchant
• predilection
• appreciation
• discernment
• perceptiveness
• mouthful
• gustation
• sense of taste
• gustatory modality
• tasting
• savor
• savour
• sample
• try
• try out
• smack

Scrabble Score: 5

taste is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

taste is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

taste is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

taste is a valid Words With Friends word

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