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mouthfeel

mouthfeel

1 6.6
How food or drink feels in your mouth when you have it
  • noun
  • /ˈmaʊθˌfiːl/
  • Specialized
: sensación en boca
  • The rich mouthfeel of the creamy chocolate mousse made it irresistible.
  • a creamy mouthfeel
  • a rich mouthfeel
  • a velvety mouthfeel

It is dramatically better in terms of taste, in terms of mouthfeel.

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Examples

  • Many of those wines are aided by the wood, which provides structure and mouthfeel.

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  • Besides flavor, fats and carbs impart a pleasing "mouthfeel" and other desirable properties.

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  • The mouthfeel of this tea is still too drying for me.

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  • Wine goes with cheese because of something called 'mouthfeel.'

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  • In the mouth, there was yellow fruit at first with a wood note, then a tropical bit with a lovely mouthfeel.

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  • Oil gives you more of the mouthfeel of something being moist.

  • While there is lovely bright yellow fruit, there is an attractive, pleasurable mouthfeel that kept grabbing my attention.

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  • The aftertaste had some spicy spices, toast, and a good mouthfeel.

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  • Though it's lean and racy, it still has weight in the mouthfeel without the heaviness of its busty counterparts.

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  • Flavor is the culmination of our olfactory senses, taste buds, and mouthfeel.

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How Smooth

silkiness
1 3.2
creaminess
3 2.3
smoothness
5 1.9
mouthfeel
  • Specialized
1 6.6
texture
140 3.4
coarseness
1 4.1
grittiness
1 5.2

Surface Forms

mouthfeel singular
mouthfeels plural

Morphology

mouthfeel = mouth + feel (transparent) = mouth + feel

The compound literally combines 'mouth' and 'feel' to denote the sensation in the mouth, a meaning easily deduced by learners.

Etymology

The word mouthfeel is simply the two words mouth and feel joined together. It literally means how food or drink 'feels in your mouth', so it describes the texture or sensation you get when you eat or drink.