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mouthfeel

/ˈmaʊθˌfil/

mouthfeel noun: the texture of food, drink, etc. as perceived by the mouth.

Noun

mouthfeel (countable and uncountable, plural mouthfeels)

  1. The texture of food, drink, etc. as perceived by the mouth.
    • Dark ale tends to have a creamy mouthfeel.
    • Liquid foods which are essentially Newtonian fluids may be considered to have their texture or “mouthfeel” adequately described by their viscosity.1962, Samuel A. Matz, Food Texture, Westport, CT: The AVI publishing company, page 41
  2. The sensations of the tongue when it moves around in the mouth.
    • I have a much better mouthfeel since my broken tooth has been repaired.

Examples of mouthfeel in a sentence

  • “Unctuous is probably quite a good description, but there's a sweetness, too, and a mouthfeel,” ventures Heston Blumenthal, chef at the Fat Duck at Bray.2000 January 28, Oliver Burkeman, quoting Heston Blumenthal, “Things that make you go yum”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the...
  • Its grainy texture offers what food chemists call “mouthfeel” at its best.[2007 February 23, “In praise of … hummus”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022:
  • “So to start with,” Adria says, “it [a transgender woman's penis] doesn’t get as hard, it doesn’t really ejaculate, and it has a different mouthfeel.2018 August 24, Katherine Cross, “The Oscar Wilde of YouTube fights the alt-right with decadence and seduction”, in The Verge, archived...

Forms of mouthfeel

pluralmouthfeels
alternative formmouth feel

Origin of mouthfeel

From mouth + feel.

Questions about mouthfeel

What does mouthfeel mean?
Mouthfeel means the texture of food, drink, etc. as perceived by the mouth.
How do you use mouthfeel in a sentence?
“Unctuous is probably quite a good description, but there's a sweetness, too, and a mouthfeel,” ventures Heston Blumenthal, chef at the Fat Duck at Bray.
What part of speech is mouthfeel?
Mouthfeel is a noun.
How do you pronounce mouthfeel?
Mouthfeel is pronounced /ˈmaʊθˌfil/ (US).
What is the plural of mouthfeel?
The plural of mouthfeel is mouthfeels.

Words near mouthfeel in the dictionary

  1. mouthed the words
  2. mouthedness
  3. mouther
  4. mouthers
  5. mouthes
  6. mouthfeel
  7. mouthfeels
  8. mouthfilling
  9. mouthfuck
  10. mouthfucked
  11. mouthfucker

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