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taster

/teɪstɚ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, for example a dram cup
  2. Someone who tastes something, especially food, wine etc., for quality.
  3. A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophorae, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.
  4. A sample of something bigger or grander intended for future use
  5. A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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