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pretastes

pretastes is the plural of pretaste.

Meaning of pretaste

Noun

pretaste (plural pretastes)

  1. A taste taken beforehand.
    • […] sodium chloride was discriminated significantly better after a pretaste of distilled water, hot bouillon, hot coffee (1% level), or tomato juice (5% level), than after milk, apple juice, or raw apple.2013, Maynard A. Amerine, Rose Marie Pangborn, Edward B. Roessler, Principles of Sensory Evaluation of Food, page 308

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Questions about pretastes

What is pretastes the plural of?
Pretastes is the plural of pretaste.

Words near pretastes in the dictionary

  1. pretas
  2. pretask
  3. pretassel
  4. pretaste
  5. pretasted
  6. pretastes
  7. pretasting
  8. pretax
  9. pretaxation
  10. pretaxed
  11. pretaxes

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