taster
English
/teɪstɚ/
noun
Definitions
- An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, for example a dram cup
- Someone who tastes something, especially food, wine etc., for quality.
- (zoology) A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophorae, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.
- A sample of something bigger or grander intended for future use
- A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide
Etymology
Affix from English taste.
Origin
English
taste
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftertaste English
- ale English
- ale-taster English
- aletaster English
- attaste English
- distaste English
- foretaste English
- foretaster English
- mistaste English
- nontaster English
- pretaste English
- retaste English
- supertaster English
- tastable English
- taste English
- tasteable English
- tastebud English
- tasteful English
- tasteless English
- tastemaker English
- tastemaking English
- tastest English
- tasteth English
- tastewise English
- tasting English
- tasty English
- undertaste English
- untaste English
- wine English
- winetaster English
- テイスト Japanese
- tasten Middle English
- tástáil Irish
- testim Tok Pisin