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taster

taster

13 2.7
A person who tries small amounts of food or drink to judge its flavor
  • noun
  • /ˈteɪstər/
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  • A panel of tasters rates fruit flavor, sweetness, texture, and other qualities important to consumers.
  • taster session
  • professional tasters

There's like a job where you could be a test taster for like Taco Bell.

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Examples

  • The balanced, spicy flavor of Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce left one taster begging for seconds.

  • We ate what our food tasters sampled.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • "But he would say nothing until the food taster arrived."

    Fiction book (1992)
  • And I made myself the official taster.

  • - You need a food taster.

  • When I looked up, the food taster was standing in the doorway.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Dr. Oliver Ludwig moved to Hawaii and became a professional wine taster.

  • Dr. Oliver Ludwig moved to Hawaii and became a professional taster who evaluates fine wines.

  • The mild house blend placed second with our tasters, who liked the "slightly tangy, full flavor."

Synonyms

taste tester
vstaster
1 2.8

A person who tries food or drink to check its flavour

is someone who samples foods and drinks but not necessarily as professional
sampler
vstaster
1 4.8

A person who tastes food or drink to check quality

also pays attention to specific flavor as well as general quality
taste-tester
vstaster
3.7

A person who tries food or drink to judge how good it is

focuses on taste and quality rather than safety assessment

Compounds

1 4.2

A person who drinks small amounts of wine to judge its quality

How Experienced

connoisseur
27 8.6
judge
266 3.4
critic
314 3.2
taster
13 2.7

Surface Forms

taster singular
tasters plural

Morphology

taster = taste (transparent) = taste + er

The agentive suffix '-er' attaches to the verb 'taste' to form a person who tastes, a straightforward and productive derivation.

Etymology

Taster comes from the verb taste, which originally meant 'to try' or 'to touch' food to check its flavor, and the ending -er means 'one who does something'. So a taster is 'one who tastes' to judge quality.