umami
noun/uːˈmɑːmi/
/uːˈmɑːmi/
[uncountable]- a taste found in some foods that is neither sweet, sour, bitter nor salty
- Tomatoes have lots of umami.
- Umami is the savoury taste known as the ‘fifth taste’.
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