tasting

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a small amount (especially of food or wine)
  2. noun a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
  3. noun taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality

Etymology

From Middle English tastynge, taastyng, equivalent to taste + -ing (gerundive ending).

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