tasting (n.)

  1. a small amount (especially of food or wine)

  2. a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; a wine tasting

    [ Syn: taste ]

  3. taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most

    [ Syn: savoring , savouring , relishing , degustation ]

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