taste
/teɪst/
One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
He had a strange taste in his mouth.
The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
His taste was impaired by an illness.
A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
Personal preference; liking; predilection.
I have developed a taste for fine wine.
A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.