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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

'Off taste'

'Off taste' means 'bad taste'?
  

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Hi AHo20387, I feel as if we've been chatting all day about word meanings! "off taste" means that whatever one is tasting does not taste as it should. It may or may not taste bad, but it just doesn't taste right.

  • Hi AHo20387, I feel as if we've been chatting all day about word meanings!
  • "off taste" means that whatever one is tasting does not taste as it should.
  • It may or may not taste bad, but it just doesn't taste right.
  • For example, one might say, "This milk has an off taste.
  • " It usually means that the product is too old or that it has become contaminated in some way, or not kept in appropriate conditions.
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Hi AHo20387,

I feel as if we've been chatting all day about word meanings!

"off taste" means that whatever one is tasting does not taste as it should. It may or may not taste bad, but it just doesn't taste right.

For example, one might say, "This milk has an off taste. I think it may be too old."

It usually means that the product is too old or that it has bec

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