sour
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- noun
- /saʊər/
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acidez
- When tasting different foods, I prefer to enjoy the sweet alongside the sour for balance.
- sweet and sour
It is really nice because it gives you that sour.
- It is really nice because it gives you that sour.
- I like that there's some sour.
Examples
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Even newborn infants are capable of discerning the sweet, the sour, the bitter, and the salty.
Academic text (2001) -
With the back of a floury hand, she wipes her forehead and keeps kneading the lumps of dough, pushing and tucking it around and into itself, the familiar sour-milk smell heavy in the hot kitchen.
Fiction book (2001) -
How can we taste the truly sweet, without a little bit of the sour?
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But though this might look like a light at the end of the tunnel, both parties have a sour taste in their mouths.
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She chewed it well to mix the sweet with the sour.
Fiction book (2000) -
When describing flavors, we often consider the sour sensation that some fruits, like lemons, provide.
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The dish had a unique flavor, combining sweet elements with a hint of sour to create depth.
Synonyms
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A sour, sharp taste like in lemon or vinegar
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A sharp, sour taste often in fruits
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A sharp, acidic taste like lemon or vinegar
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A sharp, pleasantly sour taste like lemon, often with a little spice
A slight sour taste in food or drink
A sharp, slightly sour taste that feels fresh in the mouth
A sharp sour taste like vinegar
A sharp sour taste like vinegar
A sharp, sour taste that makes your mouth pucker
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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A thick white food made from milk with a slightly sour taste used as a topping or in cooking
- Specialized
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A way of making whiskey using part of a previous batch to start the next one
- Specialized
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People add some mash from an earlier batch when making whiskey to keep the same flavor
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A tree that makes bitter oranges used as root for other orange trees and for marmalade
Bread made with a mixture of flour and water that has natural yeast, giving a tangy taste
- US
A tree that loses its leaves in autumn and has bright red leaves and small blue berries
- South African
A low plant from South Africa with thick leaves that makes small edible fruit
- Specialized
A group of related trees that make flowers and fruit, like the sour gum tree
How Sour
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sour (taste) comes from Old English sūr, which meant 'acid' or 'sharp'. That's why we use sour for the taste that bites like lemon or vinegar.