Synonyms: taste, taste perception, taste sensation, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation
Definition: the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
Usage: the candy left him with a bad taste; the melon had a delicious taste
Similar words: esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, aesthesis
Definition: an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
Usage: a sensation of touch