I.
noun
1 flavour/flavor
ADJECTIVE
▪ delicious , fresh , nice , pleasant , refreshing
▪ distinctive
▪ pungent , rich , strong
▪ bland , mild
▪ foul , nasty , unpleasant
▪ bitter , creamy , metallic , salty , sharp , smooth , sour , spicy , sweet
▪ authentic
▪
You need to use fresh herbs to get the authentic Italian ~.
VERB + TASTE
▪ have
▪
The soup had a very salty ~.
▪ leave
▪
The drink left a bitter ~ in his mouth.
▪
The whole business left a bad ~ in my mouth. ( figurative )
▪ affect
▪ spoil
▪
Don't have a cigarette now—you'll spoil the ~ of your food!
▪ enhance , improve
▪ enjoy , savour/savor
▪
She was enjoying the ~ of the champagne.
▪ disguise , take away
▪
I had a strong coffee to take away the nasty ~ of the food.
▪ feel
▪
He could feel the ~ of blood in his mouth.
TASTE + NOUN
▪ buds
2 a taste small amount
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief , little , small
▪ real
▪
That job gave me my first real ~ of teaching.
▪ first
VERB + TASTE
▪ get , have , taste ( esp. AmE )
▪
Have a ~ of this cake.
▪ give sb , offer (sb) , provide (sb with)
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
This was her first ~ of success.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of things to come
▪
The new appraisal plan is only a ~ of things to come.
3 liking
ADJECTIVE
▪ catholic ( esp. BrE ), eclectic , varied
▪ simple
▪ refined , sophisticated
▪ expensive , extravagant
▪ eccentric , esoteric ( esp. BrE ), strange
▪ acquired
▪
Modern art is an acquired ~.
▪ changing
▪
the changing ~s of consumers
▪ natural
▪ local , national
▪ modern
▪ individual , personal
▪ aesthetic , artistic , cultural , literary , musical , reading , sexual
▪ audience , consumer , contemporary , popular , public , Western
▪
Her music appeals to popular ~.
VERB + TASTE
▪ have
▪
They have a ~ for adventure.
▪ like , share
▪
You obviously share her ~ in reading.
▪ acquire , cultivate , develop , get
▪ lose
▪
I've lost my ~ for exotic trips.
▪ indulge
▪
Now he is retired he has time to indulge his ~s for writing and politics.
▪ demonstrate , display
▪
Her choice of outfit demonstrated her ~ for the outrageous.
▪ appeal to , cater for ( esp. BrE ), cater to ( esp. AmE ), match , meet , satisfy , suit
▪
a range of hotels to suit all ~s and budgets
TASTE + VERB
▪ lie
▪
It all depends on where your ~s lie.
▪ run
▪
His ~s run to the exotic.
▪ change , differ , vary
▪
Lifestyles differ and ~s vary.
PREPOSITION
▪ for sb's ~
▪
The music was too modern for my ~.
▪ to ~ (= according to how much of sth as you want)
▪
Add salt and pepper to ~.
▪ to your ~
▪
If fishing is not to your ~, there are many other leisure activities on offer.
▪ ~ for
▪
People with a ~ for complex plots will enjoy this book.
▪ ~ in
▪
young people's ~s in music
PHRASES
▪ a man/woman of … tastes
▪
a man of advanced ~s
▪ a matter of (personal) ~
▪
What type of bicycle you should buy is very much a matter of personal ~.
▪ a wide range/variety of ~s
4 ability to make good choices
ADJECTIVE
▪ excellent , exquisite , fine , good , great , impeccable
▪
Her work is executed with impeccable ~.
▪ appalling ( esp. BrE ), bad , dubious , poor , questionable , terrible
VERB + TASTE
▪ reflect , show
▪
The house reflected his ~.
▪ exercise
▪
The designer has exercised good ~ in her choice of fabrics.
PREPOSITION
▪ in … ~
▪
That joke was in very poor ~.
▪ with ~
▪
The room had been decorated with great ~.
▪ ~ in
▪
She has terrible ~ in clothing.
PHRASES
▪ an arbiter of ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
Contemporary arbiters of ~ dismissed his paintings as rubbish.
▪ in the best possible ~ , in the worst possible ~
▪
The love scenes are all done in the best possible ~.
▪
HIs jokes were in the worst possible ~.
▪ a lack of ~
▪
The remark showed a real lack of ~.
▪ a man/woman of ~
▪ ~ and decency ( BrE )
▪
The play was judged to offend against standards of public ~ and decency.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ strongly
▪
The water ~d strongly of chemicals.
▪ faintly , slightly
▪
The fish ~d faintly of garlic.
PREPOSITION
▪ like
▪
The fruit ~d rather like mango.
▪ of
▪
a cake which ~d of almonds
PHRASES
▪ ~ awful , ~ bad , ~ bitter , ~ disgusting , ~ foul , ~ horrible , ~ terrible , ~ vile
▪ ~ delicious , ~ fine , ~ good , ~ great , ~ sweet , ~ wonderful
▪ ~ funny
Taste is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ fish , ↑ food
Taste is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ flavour , ↑ food , ↑ salt , ↑ sauce , ↑ sweetness , ↑ taste , ↑ victory , ↑ wine