Bitter+taste

  • 61bitter — I UK [ˈbɪtə(r)] / US [ˈbɪtər] adjective ** 1) feeling angry or upset because of a bad experience, especially when you think that you have been treated unfairly bitter about: I m still bitter about the whole affair. a) involving very angry… …

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  • 62taste — {{11}}taste (n.) c.1300, act of tasting, from O.Fr. tast (Mod.Fr. tát), from taster (see TASTE (Cf. taste) (v.)). Meaning faculty or sense by which flavor of a thing is discerned is attested from late 14c. Meaning savor, sapidity, flavor is from… …

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  • 63taste — 01. My Mexican friends tell me that British food [tastes] really bland. 02. Would you like a [taste] of my cheesecake? It s delicious. 03. This vegetable sauté is quite [tasty]. Is that ginger you put in it? 04. This spaghetti [tastes] just like… …

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  • 64bitter*/ — [ˈbɪtə] adj I 1) angry or upset because you think that you have been treated unfairly I m still bitter about the whole affair.[/ex] 2) involving very angry feelings a bitter dispute[/ex] 3) making you feel very unhappy or disappointed It was a… …

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  • 65taste — [[t]teɪst[/t]] v. tast•ed, tast•ing, n. 1) phl to test the flavor or quality of by taking some into the mouth 2) to eat or drink a little of 3) to eat or drink: He hadn t tasted food for three days[/ex] 4) phl to perceive or distinguish the… …

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  • 66bitter — /ˈbɪtə / (say bituh) adjective 1. having a harsh, disagreeable taste, like that of quinine. 2. hard to bear; grievous; distressful: a bitter sorrow. 3. causing pain; piercing; stinging: bitter cold. 4. characterised by intense animosity: bitter… …

  • 67taste perception — noun the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus the candy left him with a bad taste the melon had a delicious taste • Syn: ↑taste, ↑taste sensation,… …

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  • 68taste sensation — noun the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus the candy left him with a bad taste the melon had a delicious taste • Syn: ↑taste, ↑gustatory… …

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  • 69bitter-sweet — 1) ADJ If you describe an experience as bitter sweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones. He s got bitter sweet memories of his first appearance for the team. 2) ADJ A bitter sweet taste seems bitter and sweet at the same… …

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  • 70Taste receptor — A Taste receptor is a type of receptor which facilitates the sensation of taste.Examples include TAS2R16 and TAS2R38.They are divided into two families: * Type 1, sweet, first characterized in 2001:cite journal | author = Nelson G, Hoon MA,… …

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