Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

taster

/teɪstɚ/ noun

Forms tasters

noun An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, such as a small cup or spoon. “A flight of tasters was served to the people who would vote on the next soda flavor to be released.”
noun Someone who tastes something; especially, either (1) to check its quality (in food science, winemaking, etc.) or (2) as a security measure to prevent assassination of a protectee. “Big companies such as P&G or Kraft Heinz employ or contract with professional tasters who help with product development.”
noun (zoology) A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophorae, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.
noun A sample of something bigger or grander intended for future use. “The Kraft Heinz exhibit at the trade fair was a taster of new snack products set to hit the market soon.”
noun A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide.
noun (historical) A unit of volume equivalent to a Roman cyathus.

Synonyms

From Middle English taster; equivalent to taste + -er.

noun One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.
noun That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “taster”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “taster” (best matches first).