Food / A2

TAYST/teɪst/

Food can taste salty, and you can taste a little before you buy — have a flavour, or try a small amount. Taste of lemon, taste like chicken. Flavour is the noun for the quality. Tasty means delicious. Taste can also mean a person’s style: a taste in music.

Meaning

To have a particular flavour, or to try a little food.

Examples

• “This soup tastes good.”
• “Can I taste a bit of the sauce?”
• “The water tasted of metal from the old pipes.”

Good to know

taste + adjective. taste of / like. Noun for quality: flavour. Delicious: tasty.

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