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TASTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does taster mean?
• TASTER (noun)
The noun TASTER has 1 sense:
1. someone who samples food or drink for its quality
Familiarity information: TASTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who samples food or drink for its quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
sampler; taste-tester; taste tester; taster
Hypernyms ("taster" is a kind of...):
critic (anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "taster"):
wine taster (a taster who evaluates the quality of wines)
Derivation:
taste (take a sample of)
taste (distinguish flavors)
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