SENSE OF TASTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sense of taste mean? 

• SENSE OF TASTE (noun)
  The noun SENSE OF TASTE has 1 sense:

1. the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

  Familiarity information: SENSE OF TASTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENSE OF TASTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

gustation; gustatory modality; sense of taste; taste

Context example:

his cold deprived him of his sense of taste

Hypernyms ("sense of taste" is a kind of...):

modality; sense modality; sensory system (a particular sense)

exteroception (sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body)

 Context examples 

A question about whether an individual feels or felt their sense of taste has worsened.

(Feel Sense of Taste has Worsened, NCI Thesaurus)

Some cancer treatments may change the sense of taste and cause foods to have a metallic taste.

(Metallic, NCI Dictionary)