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foretastes

foretastes is the plural of foretaste.

Meaning of foretaste

Noun

foretaste (plural foretastes)

  1. A taste beforehand.
  2. A sample taken in anticipation; an experience undergone in advance.
    • When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

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Questions about foretastes

What is foretastes the plural of?
Foretastes is the plural of foretaste.

Words near foretastes in the dictionary

  1. foretarsus
  2. foretaste
  3. foretasted
  4. foretaster
  5. foretasters
  6. foretastes
  7. foretasting
  8. foretaught
  9. foreteach
  10. foreteaches
  11. foreteaching

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