aftertaste
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A taste that stays in your mouth after you eat or drink
- noun
- /ˈæftərˌteɪst/
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regusto
- Both my mom and I thought it had a bit of a weird rice milk aftertaste.
- bitter aftertaste
- unpleasant aftertaste
- metallic aftertaste
Examples
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Lovely flavor, texture, acidity, and just a hint of wood coming out in the aftertaste.
Blog text (4) -
The wine had a metallic aftertaste, like tinned grapefruit juice.
Fiction book (1995) -
I liked the aftertaste more than the first bite.
Academic text (2009) -
It's a slight little aftertaste, but it's still good.
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Diet stuff has a weird aftertaste.
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It's got a nasty aftertaste.
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I'm still enjoying the aftertaste.
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There's nothing worse than the aftertaste of a coffee gone cold.
Blog text (14) -
The icing had a bitter aftertaste.
Fiction book (1992) -
After finishing the meal, she was left with a sweet aftertaste that made her smile.
Synonyms
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The taste left in your mouth after you swallow wine
is the general everyday taste remaining after eating or drinking
How Lingering
aftertaste
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trace
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Surface Forms
aftertaste singular
aftertastes plural
Morphology
Etymology
Aftertaste comes from after ('later') + taste ('flavor'), so it is the taste that stays in your mouth after you eat or drink something.