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3 N‑SING If you have a taste of some food or drink, you try a small amount of it in order to see what the flavour is like. □ [+ of ] Let them have a taste of cold food but I prefer mine hot.

4 VERB [no cont] If food or drink tastes of something, it has that particular flavour, which you notice when you eat or drink it. □ [V + of/like ] It tastes like chocolate. □ [V adj] The pizza tastes delicious without any cheese at all.

5 VERB If you taste some food or drink, you eat or drink a small amount of it in order to try its flavour, for example to see if you like it or not. □ [V n] We tasted the water just to see how salty it was.

6 VERB [no passive] If you can taste something that you are eating or drinking, you are aware of its flavour. □ [V n] You can taste the chilli in the dish but it is a little sweet.

7 N‑SING If you have a taste of a particular way of life or activity, you have a brief experience of it. □ [+ of ] This voyage was his first taste of freedom.

8 VERB [no passive] If you taste something such as a way of life or a pleasure, you experience it for a short period of time. □ [V n] Anyone who has tasted this life wants it to carry on for as long as possible.

9 N‑SING If you have a taste for something, you have a liking or preference for it. □ [+ for ] That gave me a taste for reading.

10 N‑UNCOUNT A person's taste is their choice in the things that they like or buy, for example their clothes, possessions, or music. If you say that someone has good taste , you mean that you approve of their choices. If you say that they have poor taste , you disapprove of their choices. □ [+ in ] His taste in clothes is extremely good. □  Oxford's social circle was far too liberal for her taste.

11 PHRASE If you say that something that is said or done is in bad taste or in poor taste , you mean that it is offensive, often because it concerns death or sex and is inappropriate for the situation. If you say that something is in good taste , you mean that it is not offensive and that it is appropriate for the situation. □  He rejects the idea that his film is in bad taste.

12 PHRASE When a recipe tells you to add a particular spice or other flavouring to taste , it means that you can add as much of that ingredient as you like. □  Add tomato paste, salt and pepper to taste.

ta ste bud (taste buds ) also tastebud N‑COUNT [usu pl, oft poss N ] Your taste buds are the little points on the surface of your tongue which enable you to recognize the flavour of a food or drink.

taste|ful /te I stfʊl/ ADJ If you say that something is tasteful , you consider it to be attractive, elegant, and in good taste. □  The decor is tasteful and restrained. ●  taste|ful|ly ADV [usu ADV with v, oft ADV adj] □  …a large and tastefully decorated home.

taste|less /te I stləs/

1 ADJ If you describe something such as furniture, clothing, or the way that a house is decorated as tasteless , you consider it to be vulgar and unattractive. □  …a flat crammed with spectacularly tasteless objets d'art.

2 ADJ If you describe something such as a remark or joke as tasteless , you mean that it is offensive. □  I think that is the most vulgar and tasteless remark I ever heard in my life.

3 ADJ If you describe food or drink as tasteless , you mean that it has very little or no flavour. □  The fish was mushy and tasteless.

tast|er /te I stə ^r / (tasters )

1 N‑COUNT A taster is someone whose job is to taste different wines, teas, or other foods or drinks, in order to test their quality. □  The world's best job is being advertised - chief chocolate taster .