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How to pronounce taste in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms penchant, predilection, preference
Type of liking
Has types acquired taste, weakness
Type Words
Synonyms gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste
Type of sensory system, modality, exteroception, sense modality
Derivation tasty


his cold deprived him of his sense of taste.
Type Words
Synonyms mouthful
Type of small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
Has types morsel, bit, bite, sup, swallow


take a taste--you'll like it.
Type Words
Synonyms sample, try, try out
Type of consume, take in, take, ingest, have
Has types degust
Derivation tasting, taster
Type Words
Synonyms gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste perception, taste sensation
Type of sense datum, sense experience, aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense impression
Has types saltiness, salt, salinity, relish, sourness, nip, sour, astringency, mellowness, flavour, flavor, flatness, finish, astringence, smack, bitterness, bitter, sugariness, sweet, savour, sweetness, tang, tartness, savor, sapidity


the candy left him with a bad taste.
the melon had a delicious taste.
Type Words
Synonyms appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
Type of secernment, discrimination
Has types virtu, vertu, trend, discretion, vogue, style, connoisseurship, culture, delicacy


arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success.
to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste.
Type Words
Synonyms smack
Type of savor, savour
Derivation tasting


This tastes of nutmeg.
Type Words
Synonyms savor, savour
Has types smack
Type Words
Synonyms tasting
Type of sensing, perception
Type Words
Type of experience


he got a taste of life on the wild side.
she enjoyed her brief taste of independence.
Type Words
Type of identify
Derivation taster


We tasted wines last night.
Type Words
Type of live, know, experience


The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died.
Type Words
Type of comprehend, perceive
Has types savor, savour
Derivation tasting


Can you taste the garlic?.

Examples of taste

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Mark Wahlberg and wife Rhea Durham have good taste when it comes to baby-naming.
From the bostonherald.com
I am always eager for that first taste of dandelions, winter onions and rhubarb.
From the thenewstribune.com
Recalling the taste, he was able to identify the wine correctly at the luncheon.
From the online.wsj.com
After a decade long playoff drought, the Raiders can taste a playoff appearance.
From the chron.com
Taste buds start to hula when thoughts of Hawaiian vacation food spring to mind.
From the latimes.com
There's a reason McDonald's French fries taste the same no matter where you are.
From the forbes.com
Never did like that smokey taste from roasting the grain with burning peat moss.
From the latimes.com
We've got to chew it, it has taste to it, it makes us feel fuller between meals.
From the abcnews.go.com
The pie didn't taste good enough to be a winner, anyway, so the judges moved on.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • Have flavor; taste of something
  • Perceive by the sense of taste; "Can you taste the garlic?"
  • Preference: a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
  • 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"
  • Sample: take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"
  • Taste (or, more formally, gustation; adjectival form: "gustatory") is a form of direct chemoreception and is one of the traditional five senses. It refers to the ability to detect the flavor of substances such as food, certain minerals, and poisons. ...
  • Taste was the debut album by the Irish rock band of the same name, released in 1969.
  • Taste was an Irish rock and blues band formed in 1966 and gained fame in large part, because of their unique style, and the talent and charisma of the band's founder, songwriter and musician Rory Gallagher. ...