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Sense Of Taste

Definition: Sense Of Taste

Sense Of Taste

Noun

1. The faculty of taste; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Sense Of Taste

DomainDefinitions

Food & Agriculture

Sense whose receptors are located in the mouth, particularly on the tongue, and which are activated by various compounds in solution. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Sense Of Taste

Synonyms: gustation (n), gustatory modality (n), taste (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Sense Of Taste

English words defined with "sense of taste": delectable, deliciousgustation, gustatory modalityinsipidlusciousmouth-wateringpleasant-tastingsavory, savoury, scrumptioustaste, taste property, tasteless, tasty, toothsomeyummy. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sense of taste": AgeusiaDysgeusiaSeven Senses. (references)
Etymologies containing "sense of taste": geniussapient. (references)

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Modern Usage: Sense Of Taste

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You don't even have a sense of taste! (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

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Commercial Usage: Sense Of Taste

DomainTitle

Books

  • Sense of Taste (Senses) (reference)

  • Your Tongue Can Tell: Discover Your Sense of Taste (The Five Senses) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Image Slideshow: Sense Of Taste

Illustrations:
Sense Of Taste

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Non-Fiction Usage: Sense Of Taste

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Some types of chemotherapy may temporarily alter your child's sense of taste. (references)

The most common chemosensory complaints are a loss of the sense of smell and the sense of taste. (references)

Side effects may include coughing, skin rashes, fluid retention, excess potassium in the bloodstream, kidney problems, and an altered or lost sense of taste. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sense Of Taste

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  sense of taste

42
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Modern Translations: Sense Of Taste

Language Translations for "sense of taste"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏حاسة الذوق (taste). (various references)

   

Danish

  

smag (acceptance, flavour, gustation, palatability, savour, taste, tastiness). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

smaak (good taste, savour, taste). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

gustumo (taste). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

makuaisti (taste). (various references)

   

French

  

goût. (various references)

   

German

  

Geschmackssinn (gustation). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αισθητήριο γεύσης (taste). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megízlelés (taste), ízlelés (gustation, taste, tasting). (various references)

   

Italian

  

senso del gusto (taste), gusto (acceptance, enjoyment, fancy, Flavor, flavour, gusto, kick, liking, palatability, palate, relish, savor, savour, smack, spice, taste, tastiness, zest). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

味覚 (palate, taste). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

みかく (palate, taste). (various references)

   

Manx

  

keeall vlastyn. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ensesay ofay astetay

   

Portuguese

  

sentido do gosto (gustation, palate, taste), prova (attestation, competition, confirmation, evidence, examination, experiment, fitting, investigation, proof, rehearsal, sensory analysis, sensory evaluation, sensory test, shew, shibboleth, show, sign, slip, taste, taste panel, taste test, tasting, test, testimony, testing, token, trace, trial, try, try out, voucher, warrant), paladar (flavour, gustation, gustatory, palate, savor, savour, spice, tang, taste, tooth), gosto (dribblet, fellow feeling, flak, Flavor, flavour, fondness, gust, gusto, like, liking, palate, pleasure, proper, raciness, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savour, spice, style, taste, tooth, treat, zest). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sentido gustativo (taste), gusto (fancy, favoritism, favouritism, Flavor, flavour, liking, pleasure, relish, savor, savour, taste, tastefulness, treat, zest, zing). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Sense Of Taste

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

palato, palatum, saporem, saporis. (various references)

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Anagrams: Sense Of Taste

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-f-n-o-s-s-s-t-t"

-3 letters: fatnesses, fossettes.

-4 letters: fastness, fossette, oftenest, safeness, sensates, softness, stenoses.

-5 letters: assents, entases, estates, fastens, fastest, fatness, fatsoes, fattens, featest, fossate, neatest, notates, sateens, seasons, senates, sensate, sestets, settees, softens, softest, tassets, tensest, testees, testons, tsetses.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-f-n-o-s-s-s-t-t"
 

+3 letters: fortunatenesses, softheartedness.

 

+5 letters: softheartednesses.

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Alternative Orthography: Sense Of Taste


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 65 6E 73 65      4F 66      54 61 73 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100101 01101110 01110011 01100101 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01010100 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#110 &#115 &#101 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#32 &#84 &#97 &#115 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 006E 0073 0065      004F 0066      0054 0061 0073 0074 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53718085712497225467858671

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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