DICTOMETER

TASTE

1. Synonyms:
   • Taste
   • Taste sensation
   • Gustatory sensation
   • Taste perception
   • Gustatory perception
   Definitions:
   • the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
   Examples:
   • The candy left him with a bad taste
   • The melon had a delicious taste
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Preference
   • Penchant
   • Predilection
   • Taste
   Definitions:
   • a strong liking
   Examples:
   • My own preference is for good literature
   • The Irish have a penchant for blarney
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Taste
   • Appreciation
   • Discernment
   • Perceptiveness
   Definitions:
   • delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
   Examples:
   • Arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success
   • To ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Taste
   Definitions:
   • a brief experience of something
   Examples:
   • He got a taste of life on the wild side
   • She enjoyed her brief taste of independence
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Taste
   • Mouthful
   Definitions:
   • a small amount eaten or drunk
   Examples:
   • Take a taste
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Taste
   • Gustation
   • Sense of taste
   • Gustatory modality
   Definitions:
   • the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
   Examples:
   • His cold deprived him of his sense of taste
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Taste
   • Tasting
   Definitions:
   • a kind of sensing
   • distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
   Examples:
   • A wine tasting
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Taste
   • Savor
   • Savour
   Definitions:
   • have flavor
   • taste of something
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Taste
   Definitions:
   • perceive by the sense of taste
   Examples:
   • Can you taste the garlic?
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Sample
   • Try
   • Try out
   • Taste
   Definitions:
   • take a sample of
   Examples:
   • Try these new crackers
   • Sample the regional dishes
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Smack
   • Taste
   Definitions:
   • have a distinctive or characteristic taste
   Examples:
   • This tastes of nutmeg
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Taste
   Definitions:
   • distinguish flavors
   Examples:
   • We tasted wines last night
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Taste
   Definitions:
   • experience briefly
   Examples:
   • The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died