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pregustation

pregustation noun: the act of tasting something beforehand; foretaste.

Noun

pregustation (countable and uncountable, plural pregustations)

  1. The act of tasting something beforehand; foretaste.
    • simultaneous secretion and ingestion of Sw followed by egestion are natural components of the pregustation phase of host selection probes2001, Kerry F. Harris, Oney P. Smith, James E. Duffus, Virus-Insect-Plant Interactions

Forms of pregustation

pluralpregustations

Origin of pregustation

From pre- + gustation.

Questions about pregustation

What does pregustation mean?
Pregustation means the act of tasting something beforehand; foretaste.
What part of speech is pregustation?
Pregustation is a noun.
What is the plural of pregustation?
The plural of pregustation is pregustations.

Words near pregustation in the dictionary

  1. pregrowth
  2. pregrowths
  3. pregs
  4. preguidance
  5. pregummed
  6. pregustation
  7. pregustations
  8. pregustator
  9. pregustators
  10. prehab
  11. prehabilitated

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