tast

Noun

taste (countable and uncountable, plural tastes)

1. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
   • He had a strange taste in his mouth.

   Synonyms:

   smack

2. The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
   • His taste was impaired by an illness.
3. A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
4. A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
   • Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.

   Synonyms:

   palate, discernment, culture, refinement, style

5. Personal preference; liking; predilection.
   • I have developed a taste for fine wine.

   Synonyms:

   palate

6. (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
   • Such anecdotes give one a taste of life on a trauma ward.

   Synonyms:

   impression, sample, trial

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