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gustation

gustation noun: the act of tasting.

Noun

gustation (countable and uncountable, plural gustations)

  1. The act of tasting.
    • The organ of gustation is not, therefore, restricted to the production of that sense, but participates in the sense of touch.1841, Robley Dunglison, Human Physiology, page 109
  2. The ability to taste flavors; the sense of taste.

gustation meaning in Tamil

gustation in Tamil

சுவைத்தல், சுவையுணர்தல்

Synonyms of gustation

Antonyms

Forms of gustation

pluralgustations

Origin of gustation

Borrowed from Latin gustatio, gustationis.

Words formed from gustation

Words that rhyme with gustation

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Questions about gustation

What does gustation mean?
Gustation means the act of tasting.
What is gustation in Tamil?
Gustation in Tamil is சுவைத்தல், சுவையுணர்தல். See Gustation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gustation?
Gustation is a noun.
What is the plural of gustation?
The plural of gustation is gustations.

Words near gustation in the dictionary

  1. gustard
  2. gustards
  3. gustate
  4. gustating
  5. gustatio
  6. gustation
  7. gustations
  8. gustatious
  9. gustative
  10. gustativeness
  11. gustatorial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gustation (page history and authors); gustation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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