taste tasting | a kind of sensing, distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds, a wine tasting |
bullpen detention cell detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
call center call centre | a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) |
center centre | a building dedicated to a particular activity, they were raising money to build a new center for research |
center bit centre bit | a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters |
plaza mall center shopping mall shopping center shopping centre | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers, usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area, a modern version of the traditional marketplace, a good plaza should have a movie house, they spent their weekends at the local malls |
taste property | a property appreciated via the sense of taste |
dead center dead centre | the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque |
center of curvature centre of curvature | the center of the circle of curvature |
tastebud taste bud gustatory organ | an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue |
taste cell gustatory cell | an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve |
center centre nerve center nerve centre | a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process, in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere |
taste gustation sense of taste gustatory modality | the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth, his cold deprived him of his sense of taste |
taste taste sensation gustatory sensation taste perception gustatory perception | the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus, the candy left him with a bad taste, the melon had a delicious taste |
taste appreciation discernment perceptiveness | delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values), arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success, to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste |
center centre center of attention centre of attention | the object upon which interest and attention focuses, his stories made him the center of the party |
kernel substance core center centre essence gist heart heart and soul inwardness marrow meat nub pith sum nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
center spread centre spread | the spread at the center of a magazine |
taste | a brief experience of something, he got a taste of life on the wild side, she enjoyed her brief taste of independence |
preference penchant predilection taste | a strong liking, my own preference is for good literature, the Irish have a penchant for blarney |
acquired taste | a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience, martinis are an acquired taste |
taste mouthful | a small amount eaten or drunk, take a taste--you'll like it |
center centre | the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering |
United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Centre for International Crime Prevention | the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform |
center centre | a place where some particular activity is concentrated, they received messages from several centers |
nerve center nerve centre | a center that provides information and control, the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam |
center centre midpoint | a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure |
center of buoyancy centre of buoyancy center of immersion centre of immersion | (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object |
center of gravity centre of gravity | the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act, in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass |
center of flotation centre of flotation | the center of gravity of a floating object |
center of mass centre of mass | point representing the mean position of the matter in a body |
center centre middle heart eye | an area that is approximately central within some larger region, it is in the center of town, they ran forward into the heart of the struggle, they were in the eye of the storm |
center stage centre stage | the central area on a theater stage |
city center city centre central city | the central part of a city |
storm center storm centre | the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm |
Centre | a low-lying region in central France |
taster taste tester taste-tester sampler | someone who samples food or drink for its quality |
trend-setter taste-maker fashion arbiter | someone who popularizes a new fashion |
center stage centre stage | a position of prominence or importance |
storm center storm centre | a center of trouble or disturbance |
taste | experience briefly, The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died |
concentrate focus center centre pore rivet | direct one's attention on something, Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies |
sample try try out taste | take a sample of, Try these new crackers, Sample the regional dishes |
center centre | move into the center, That vase in the picture is not centered |
taste | perceive by the sense of taste, Can you taste the garlic? |
taste | distinguish flavors, We tasted wines last night |
taste savor savour | have flavor, taste of something |
smack taste c | have a distinctive or characteristic taste, This tastes of nutmeg |
change taste | alter the flavor of |
in good taste(p) | satisfying generally accepted social or esthetic standards |