taste, gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality
(noun) the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; “his cold deprived him of his sense of taste”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gustation (countable and uncountable, plural gustations)
The act of tasting.
The ability to taste flavors; the sense of taste.
Source: Wiktionary
Gus*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. gustatio: cf. F. gustation.]
Definition: The act of tasting. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
