sense_of_taste (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *sense of taste*:
NOUN	cognition	sense of taste, taste, gustation, gustatory modality	the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

English > *sense of taste*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth.
Example	"his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
Synonyms	taste, gustation, gustatory modality
Broader	exteroception	sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
Broader	modality, sense modality, sensory system	A particular sense
Spanish	gustación, gusto, sentido del gusto
Catalan	gust

HyperDic: sense_of_taste