Definition
to taste: to eat, to savor; to have a flavor; to sample, to try, to test
-You should taste my cookies. -I've tried them before, they're delicious.
These cookies taste good. They have a really nice flavor.
(a) tasty (cake): (a) delicious (cake), (a cake) with a good flavor
The adjective tasty refers to the flavor or taste of food or drink. In English, a person who dresses well and has a good sense of style is tasteful.
Hmmm... this is a tasty burger! Possibly the best I've ever tried.
a taste: a flavor, a savor
Pronunciation examples
UK: You should have tasted my cookies.
US: These cookies have a strange taste.
- "Dr. Gilchrist : I can't wait to taste them."
- "I can't wait to taste them."
- "Hannah : Oh Philip, that's terrible – what bad taste!"
- "You must taste something very special... Tonton Hubert's famous foie gras!"
- "Eating locally, when possible, certainly has advantages both in terms of environmental impact and taste."
- "These monkeys for testing, not for tasting!"
- "Shane : No, it tastes of death!"
- "The clams are also tasty."
- "I do not have expensive tastes, you know."
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