aftertaste
[ af-ter-teyst, ahf- ]
/ ˈæf tərˌteɪst, ˈɑf- /
noun
QUIZZES
IS YOUR DESERT PLANT KNOWLEDGE SUCCULENT OR DRIED UP?
Cactus aficionados, don't get left in the dust with this quiz on desert plants. Find out if you have the knowledge to survive this prickly foray into the desert!
Question 1 of 7
This tall, horizontally branched cactus is probably the most recognizable cactus in Arizona. What is it called?
Words nearby aftertaste
aftershave lotion, aftershock, aftershow, aftersound, aftersun, aftertaste, aftertax, after the fact, afterthought, aftertime, aftertreatment
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for aftertaste
Thus she comforted herself before the aftertaste of Miss von Schwertfeger's late visits was dispelled by new dreams of happiness.
The Song of Songs|Hermann SudermannHe had known nightmares before; none of them had left this aftertaste.
Voodoo Planet|Andre NortonThe aftertaste of Selma had been bitter, but the small, sharp flurry at the Godwin house left them no longer feeling so bitter.
Ride Proud, Rebel!|Andre Alice NortonNot for her home in the Vicolo: this everlasting love-making with its aftertaste of stale sugar had turned her sick of Padua.
Little Novels of Italy|Maurice Henry Hewlett
British Dictionary definitions for aftertaste
aftertaste
/ (ˈɑːftəˌteɪst) /
noun
a taste that lingers on after eating or drinking
a lingering impression or sensation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Medical definitions for aftertaste
aftertaste
[ ăf′tər-tāst′ ]
n.
A taste persisting in the mouth after the substance that caused it is no longer present.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.