Nouns

(n)samplea small part of something intended as representative of the whole
(n)sample distribution, sample, samplingitems selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
(n)sampleall or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class

Verbs

(v)sample, try, try out, tastetake a sample of“Try these new crackers”, “Sample the regional dishes”