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tasting

/ˈteɪstɪŋ/noun2 syllables

Tasting means: taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality.

Synonyms for tasting6

noun, as in taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality

savoring, savouring, relishing, degustation

noun, as in a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds

taste

also used for tasting

gustation

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What does tasting mean?3

noun

1

taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality“cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most”

2

a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds“a wine tasting”

3

a small amount (especially of food or wine)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with tasting?1

two syllables

wasting
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Tasting in a sentence

  • Benedito's date was a wine connoisseur, so they went to a wine tasting.Amastan
  • I wonder what is the best-tasting toasted insect.Eccles17
  • Cow's milk is better tasting than soy milk.Objectivesea
  • Adriano's wine tasting notes are detailed and precise.Amastan
  • You forgot to shake up the milk bottle for a better tasting.LoverofEnglish
  • You eat such unpleasant-tasting things often. Your palate is strange, isn't it?xylian
  • Mr Jones is tasting the soup his wife made.sundown
  • This is the best tasting pear I've ever eaten.CK

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Forms of tasting

as a noun

plural
tastings