"pretaste" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2013, Maynard A. Amerine, Rose Marie Pangborn, Edward B. Roessler, Principles of Sensory Evaluation of Food, page 308",
          "text": "[…] sodium chloride was discriminated significantly better after a pretaste of distilled water, hot bouillon, hot coffee (1% level), or tomato juice (5% level), than after milk, apple juice, or raw apple.",
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        "A taste taken beforehand."
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        "To take a previous or initial taste."
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        "A taste taken beforehand."
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