foretaste
noun /ˈfɔːteɪst 
/ [in singular]
/ [in singular]A sample or suggestion of something that lies ahead: his behemoth task force is just a foretaste of what is to come...
- The Sars virus alert in 2003 gave a foretaste of what could happen.
- As Lorraine recalls, the couple had an early foretaste of what lay ahead as they flew into Havana, the Cuban capital.
- The catastrophe [of these] seabirds is just a foretaste of what lies ahead.
Synonyms
sample, taster, taste, preview, trailer, appetizer, tester, specimen, example;
indication, suggestion, hint, whiff;
warning, forewarning, advance warning, omen
informal tip-off, try-out
- baker's dozen
- Bakersfield
- baker's yeast
- bakery
- bake sale
- bakeshop
- bake something blind
- bake something in
- bakeware
- Bakewell, Robert
- Bakewell tart
- baking apple
- baking powder
- baking sheet
- baking soda
- baking tray
- Bakker, Robert T.
- bakkie
- baklava
- Bakrid
- baksheesh
- Bakst, Léon
- Baku
- Bakunin, Mikhail
- balaclava