taste

The feeling that food, drink, or another substance produces on your tongue.

• The soup has a salty taste.
• A strange taste remained in my mouth.
• Do you like the taste of lemon?

How to use it: taste of something (I love the taste of fresh strawberries.)

Similar words: flavour

Common phrases: sweet taste, bitter taste, taste of something, strange taste

The ability to notice flavours with your tongue when you eat or drink.

• Taste helps us enjoy food.
• She lost her sense of taste during the illness.
• Smell and taste work together when we eat.

Common phrases: sense of taste, loss of taste, taste and smell

The kinds of things you like, and your ability to choose things that look or sound good.

• She has good taste in clothes.
• Our tastes in music are very different.
• Is this painting to your taste?

How to use it: taste in something (We have similar taste in music.); to someone's taste (The bright wallpaper isn't to my taste.)

Similar words: preference, liking

Common phrases: good taste, taste in music, personal taste, to someone's taste

To have a particular flavor when you eat or drink it.

• This cake tastes good.
• The water tasted strange yesterday.
• Does the soup taste too salty?

How to use it: taste + adjective (These apples taste sweet.); taste like something (The sauce tastes like lemon.)

Common phrases: taste good, taste sweet, taste like something

To eat or drink a little of something to find out its flavor.

• Taste this cheese.
• She tasted the sauce before adding salt.
• Have you tasted the local bread?

Similar words: try, sample

Common phrases: taste something, taste the soup, taste the sauce