taster

/teษชstษš/

IPA: /T EY1 S T ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, for example a dram cup

  2. 2

    Someone who tastes something, especially food, wine etc., for quality.

  3. 3

    A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophorae, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.

  4. 4

    A sample of something bigger or grander intended for future use

    โ€œThe exhibition was a taster of products set to hit the market.โ€

  5. 5

    A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide

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