Word a Day
taste
What does taste mean?
taste (noun): one of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use taste in a sentence?
- He had a strange taste in his mouth. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce taste?
/teɪst/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does taste come from?
The verb is from Middle English tasten, borrowed from Old French taster (“to taste, touch or hit”), from unattested Vulgar Latin *tastāre (“to touch or feel”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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one of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation
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