degustation

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On a break from preparing special degustation (tasting) dinners and developing a range of gourmet frozen foods for the chalet clients, he went skiing with his boss and the boss's friend, who worked at Unilever, one of the biggest food manufacturers in Europe.

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  1. The act of tasting. It is no otherwise even in carnal delights, the degustation whereof is wont to draw on the heart to a more eager appetition. Bp. Hall, Soul's Farewell to Earth, § 9. Then he bustled about with the boy, and produced a variety of gifts for grace, use, and degustation. M. Betham-Edwards, Next of Kin Wanted, xxxiv. Good wine is not an optical pleasure, it is an inward emotion; and if there was a chamber of degustation on the premises, I failed to discover it. H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 129.

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  • BrE débrêe or dèbrêe, AmE dəbrêe débutant male dèbyûtàn or débyûtàn débutante female dèbyûtànt or débyûtànt déception decéption déclassé declássè décolletage noun, décolleté male, décolletée female daycoletàzh, daycoletây dây-gráng-go-làd degustation - —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • But it's Stefano's degustation menu and great bluestone cellar atmosphere that, rightfully, draw the crowds.
  • In the underground Wine Cellar restaurant, up to 12 guests can meet around one table for a lively, informative degustation dinner hosted by the head chef and the executive sommelier. —  TIME.com: Top Stories
  • All were present last week at La Casa Argentina, when Metaxa and their Czech distributor Maxxium Czech offered an exclusive degustation of AEN Spyros, an 80-year-old distillation that is Metaxa's newest offering, and the most expensive Metaxa cocktail in Europe at 3,600 Kč ($162). —  The Prague Post
  • After a full afternoon of serious Metaxa drinking, I mean, degustation, I found it difficult to describe the complex taste, but certainly it was distinct, and certainly unlike anything I'd tasted before, or likely will taste again. —  The Prague Post
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  1. = Spanish degustacion, from Late Latin degustatio(n-), from Latin degustare, taste of: see degust.
 

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