| English noun: sense of taste | |||
| 1. | sense of taste (cognition) the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth | ||
| Samples | His cold deprived him of his sense of taste. | ||
| Synonyms | gustation, gustatory modality, taste | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | exteroception, modality, sense modality, sensory system | ||