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foretaste
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1fore·taste

noun \ˈfȯr-ˌtāst\

Definition of FORETASTE

1
: a small anticipatory sample
2
: an advance indication or warning
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Examples of FORETASTE

  1. These layoffs are only a foretaste of what's to come.

First Known Use of FORETASTE

15th century

Rhymes with FORETASTE

bald-faced, barefaced, bold-faced, distaste, dough-faced, impaste, lambaste, lightfaced, moonfaced, pie-faced, po-faced, posthaste, self-paced, shamefaced, shirtwaist, snail-paced, slipcased, stone-faced, straight-faced, straitlaced, toothpaste, two-faced, unchaste, unplaced, white-faced

2fore·taste

transitive verb \fȯr-ˈtāst, ˈfȯr-ˌ\

Definition of FORETASTE

: to taste beforehand : anticipate

First Known Use of FORETASTE

15th century

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