taster

[ tey-ster ]

/ ˈteɪ stər /

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noun

a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.

a container for taking samples or tasting.

a wide shallow cup, usually metal, for holding wine to be tasted, as by a professional taster.

a person employed or ordered to taste the food and drink prepared for a king, dictator, etc., to ascertain the presence of poison.

Genetics. a person able to taste phenylthiourea or some other test substance.

Origin of taster

1350–1400; Middle English tastour<Anglo-French. See taste, -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM taster

pre·tast·er, noun

Words nearby taster

taste cell, tasteful, taste hair, tasteless, tastemaker, taster, -tastic, tasting, tasting menu, tasty, tat

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Example sentences from the Web for taster

Again and again the taster is brought up, full of gault, and its contents or "core" thrown aside.
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely|Rev. Edward Conybeare.
It has also to be remarked that Hunt is much better as a taster than as a professor or expounder.
Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860|George Saintsbury
They say he was a bold man who first ate an oyster; a much more undaunted experimentalist was the first taster of the terrapin.
Border and Bastille|George A. Lawrence
And, for the death of the woman, I had tried the potion on her sooner, had not Master George been her taster.
The Abbot|Sir Walter Scott

Happy, however, the taster whose crisis of penury coincides with the opening of the “Ham Fair”!
Paris and the Social Revolution|Alvan Francis Sanborn

British Dictionary definitions for taster

taster

/ (ˈteɪstə) /

noun

a person who samples food or drink for quality

any device used in tasting or sampling

a person employed, esp formerly, to taste food and drink prepared for a king, etc, to test for poison

a sample or preview of a product, experience, etc, intended to stimulate interest in the product, experience, etc, itselfthe single serves as a taster for the band's new album

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	taster
释义	taster [ tey-ster ] / ˈteɪ stər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR taster ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste. a container for taking samples or tasting. a wide shallow cup, usually metal, for holding wine to be tasted, as by a professional taster. a person employed or ordered to taste the food and drink prepared for a king, dictator, etc., to ascertain the presence of poison. Genetics. a person able to taste phenylthiourea or some other test substance. Origin of taster 1350–1400; Middle English tastour<Anglo-French. See taste, -er¹ OTHER WORDS FROM taster pre·tast·er, noun Words nearby taster taste cell, tasteful, taste hair, tasteless, tastemaker, taster, -tastic, tasting, tasting menu, tasty, tat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for taster Again and again the taster is brought up, full of gault, and its contents or "core" thrown aside. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely\|Rev. Edward Conybeare. It has also to be remarked that Hunt is much better as a taster than as a professor or expounder. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860\|George Saintsbury They say he was a bold man who first ate an oyster; a much more undaunted experimentalist was the first taster of the terrapin. Border and Bastille\|George A. Lawrence And, for the death of the woman, I had tried the potion on her sooner, had not Master George been her taster. The Abbot\|Sir Walter Scott Happy, however, the taster whose crisis of penury coincides with the opening of the “Ham Fair”! Paris and the Social Revolution\|Alvan Francis Sanborn British Dictionary definitions for taster taster / (ˈteɪstə) / noun a person who samples food or drink for quality any device used in tasting or sampling a person employed, esp formerly, to taste food and drink prepared for a king, etc, to test for poison a sample or preview of a product, experience, etc, intended to stimulate interest in the product, experience, etc, itselfthe single serves as a taster for the band's new album Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to taster mug, drink, bowl, taste, gulp, bite, piece, morsel, beaker, potion, chalice, grail, vessel, teacup, cannikin, goblet, stein, tumbler, draught, cupful
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taster

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