Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word TASTE

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Definitions of TASTE

1. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
2. The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
3. A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
4. Personal preference; liking; predilection.
5. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
6. To take sparingly.
7. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
8. (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
9. (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
10. (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
11. (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
12. (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
13. (transitive, figurative) To experience.
14. (obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.

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Examples of Using TASTE in a Sentence

• Acids form aqueous solutions with a sour taste, can turn blue litmus red, and react with bases and certain metals (like calcium) to form salts.
• Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and the nature of taste and, in a broad sense, incorporates the philosophy of art.
• Beauty, art and taste are the main subjects of aesthetics, one of the fields of study within philosophy.
• Curry is an international dish with a sauce or gravy seasoned with spices, mainly derived from the interchange of Indian cuisine with European taste in food, starting with the Portuguese, followed by the Dutch and British, and then thoroughly internationalised.
• Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid with a characteristic wine-like odor and pungent taste.
• A flavoring (or flavouring), also known as flavor (or flavour) or flavorant, is a food additive used to improve the taste or smell of food.
• While in his teens, he acquired a taste for 20th-century classical modernism, African-American rhythm and blues, and doo-wop music.
• Food additives are substances added to food to preserve flavor or enhance taste, appearance, or other sensory qualities.
• The ratio of gin to tonic varies according to taste, strength of the gin, other drink mixers being added, etc.
• This concentrates the aroma and taste of the beer, and also raises the alcoholic strength of the finished beer.
• Kvass is a fermented, cereal-based, low-alcoholic beverage of cloudy appearance and sweet-sour taste.
• Low-alcohol beer is beer with little or no alcohol by volume that aims to reproduce the taste of beer while eliminating or reducing the inebriating effect, carbohydrates, and calories of regular alcoholic brews.
• Basil, bay leaf, thyme, oregano, peppercorns, cloves, olives, and mushrooms may be included depending on taste preferences.
• Traditionally it carries the motto of the Swedish Academy, Snille och Smak ("Talent and Taste"), on its blue cloth cover.
• Its taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar, and at high concentrations some of its extracts may have an aftertaste described as licorice-like or bitter.
• Serotonin is produced in the central nervous system (CNS), specifically in the brainstem's raphe nuclei, the skin's Merkel cells, pulmonary neuroendocrine cells and the tongue's taste receptor cells.
• The taste of Twiglets, which has been compared to that of Marmite, primarily derives from the yeast extract used in the coating.
• It is similar in taste to hot mustard or horseradish rather than chilli peppers, in that it stimulates the nose more than the tongue, but freshly grated wasabi has a subtly distinct flavour.
• They are often used to create savoury flavors and umami taste sensations and can be found in a large variety of packaged foods including frozen meals, crackers, snack foods, gravy, stock and more.
• Cranial nerves relay information between the brain and parts of the body, primarily to and from regions of the head and neck, including the special senses of vision, taste, smell, and hearing.

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