mouthfeel

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mouthfeel   \MOWTH-feel\   noun
          : the sensation created by food or drink in the mouth

Example sentence:
          The excessive carbonation in the beer gives it a prickly mouth=
feel that detracts from its otherwise pleasing taste.

Did you know?
          Do you sometimes find yourself trying to describe a concept or=
 phenomenon for which you don't have a word? In such cases, it is not un=
usual for people to coin neologisms (new words or expressions) to descri=
be such concepts or phenomena -- the pink glow on the underside of gray =
clouds right before sunset, for example, or the sensation created in the=
 mouth by a particular item of food or drink. Indeed, this latter concep=
t has already been given a name, "mouthfeel," a simple combination of "m=
outh" and "feel" that can be used to describe the creamy warmth of a mus=
hroom soup or the dry, velvety sensation of a pinot noir. This coinage i=
s relatively new; its earliest known use dates back only to 1951.





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