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palatability

palatability

6.6
How pleasant food or drink tastes
  • noun
  • /ˌpæl.əˈtæb.ɪ.lɪ.ti/
translation icon : palatabilidad
  • These fungi may also differ in their palatability and resistance to grazing by belowground herbivores.
  • the palatability of food

Examples

  • They tend to stay stable during deep frying and then the palatability goes up and the foods taste better, at least according to the food industry.

  • Feel free to post your potato palatability recipes in the comments, and if they're decent, I'll give them a shot, and if I want to have them again, I'll blog them.

    Blog text (7)
  • Rawles is investigating ways to increase the combination's palatability by adding fish solubles, betaine, or other ingredients.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Deer browse the foliage of young sprouts of blackgum, but its palatability may diminish with age (Burns and Honkala 1990).

    Academic text (2007)
  • The chef focused on improving the palatability of the dish to make it more enjoyable for her guests.

  • He always considers the palatability of his meals when preparing food for friends.

  • Children often prefer snacks that have high palatability, like sweets and chips, over healthier options.

Synonyms

deliciousness
vspalatability
7 2.0

The quality of food or drink that makes you enjoy it

is milder, meaning acceptable or pleasant rather than extreme taste
tastiness
vspalatability
1 1.2

How pleasant food or drink is to have

is milder, meaning acceptable rather than highly pleasing
sapidity
vspalatability
1 9.9

A strong, pleasant taste in a food or drink

is weaker, referring to simple acceptability rather than strong flavor
palatableness
vspalatability
7.4

How pleasant food or drink tastes

has identical meaning but is the alternative noun form
sapidness
vspalatability
9.9

A pleasant taste in food or drink

is about being merely acceptable or pleasant to taste
flavorsomeness
vspalatability
  • US
6.7

How pleasant food or drink tastes

is more general, meaning simple acceptability of taste
toothsomeness
vspalatability
  • Archaic
8.1

How much you enjoy the taste of food or drink

is milder, indicating general pleasantness not strong deliciousness
delectability
vspalatability
7.3

The quality of being very tasty or pleasant to look at

focuses on taste acceptability not on strong appeal or looks

Antonyms

A bad taste that makes you not want to eat something

How Tasty

tastiness
1 1.2
palatability
6.6
blandness
1 4.1

Surface Forms

palatability singular

Morphology

palatability = palatable (transparent) = palate + able + ity

The noun is a regular nominalization of the adjective 'palatable' using '-ity', producing the quality of being pleasant to taste.

Etymology

The word palatability comes from palate ('taste') and the ending -ability ('can be'). So it means how pleasant something is to eat or drink, which is why we use it for food and medicines.