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How to pronounce “taint”

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Pronunciation guide for taint

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of taint with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The 24-Hour Wine Expertsometimes, it will have a cork taint.
Definition summary: A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.

Example 1 of 8

The 24-Hour Wine Expert

sometimes, it will have a cork taint.

[Noun]
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
A tinge, trace or touch.
A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
(obsolete) Tincture; hue; colour.
(obsolete) Infection; corruption; deprivation.
(programming) A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
[Verb]
(transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
(transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.
(intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
(intransitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
(transitive, computing, programming) To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
(transitive, Australia, finance) To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.