taste
/teɪst/ noun B1- 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.· Venison has a strong taste.
- The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation. · His taste was impaired by an illness.
- A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
- A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc. · Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
- Personal preference; liking; predilection. · I have developed a taste for fine wine.
- 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.
- A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
Plural tastes
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Emily has got taste, and her fits aren’t to be equaled.”
The green dress was made up with as many tucks and frills and shirrings as Emily’s taste permitted.
The Fox, unable even to taste it, met with a fitting requital, after the fashion of her own hospitality.
You can roast it by the fire, since your tastes are so peculiar that you prefer cooked food, and then you will have a very good breakfast.”
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