English > taste perception: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus. |
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| Synonyms | taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, gustatory perception |
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| Narrower | astringency, astringence | A sharp astringent taste |
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| bitter, bitterness | The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth |
| finish | (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back / back of the tongue (as it is swallowed) |
| flatness | A deficiency in flavor |
| mellowness | A taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor |
| relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang | The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth |
| salt, saltiness, salinity | The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth |
| sour, sourness, tartness | The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth |
| sweet, sweetness, sugariness | The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth |
| Broader | sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum | An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation |
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| Spanish | gusto, percepción gustativa, sabor |
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| Catalan | gust, percepció gustativa, sabor |
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