pretaste

noun, verb — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From pre- + taste.

A taste taken beforehand.

[…] sodium chloride was discriminated significantly better after a pretaste of distilled water, hot bouillon, hot coffee (1% level), or tomato juice (5% level), than after milk, apple juice, or raw apple.2013, Maynard A. Amerine, Rose Marie Pangborn, Edward B. Roessler, Principles of Sensory Evaluation of Food, page 308:

verb

Etymology From pre- + taste.

To take a previous or initial taste.

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