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taste-off

taste-off noun: an event at which several foods or drinks are tasted, to determine which is the best.

Noun

taste-off (plural taste-offs)

  1. An event at which several foods or drinks are tasted, to determine which is the best.
    • It’s out there somewhere in our farflung metropolis—the perfect, sublime, ultimate doughnut. In fact we’ve found it (or them), plus some fabulous doughnuterias, in STAR Magazine’s great doughnut taste-off—a guide to all who dote on this legendary edible.1980 March 16, “Pages: What’s ahead?”, in Giles M. Fowler, editor, STAR: The Weekly Magazine (The Kansas City Star), Kansas City, Mo.: The Kansas City Star Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 4

Forms of taste-off

pluraltaste-offs

Origin of taste-off

From taste + -off.

Questions about taste-off

What does taste-off mean?
Taste-off means an event at which several foods or drinks are tasted, to determine which is the best.
What part of speech is taste-off?
Taste-off is a noun.
What is the plural of taste-off?
The plural of taste-off is taste-offs.

Words near taste-off in the dictionary

  1. taste of one's own poison
  2. taste pore
  3. taste pores
  4. taste test
  5. taste tests
  6. taste-off
  7. taste-offs
  8. taste-test
  9. taste-tested
  10. taste-testing
  11. taste-tests

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