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PALATE
palate, roof of the mouth
(noun) the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
palate (plural palates)
(anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
The sense of taste.
(figuratively) relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
(figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.
(botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
Verb
palate (third-person singular simple present palates, present participle palating, simple past and past participle palated)
(transitive, nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
Synonym: stomach
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Anagrams
• Platea, paleta, patela, petala
Source: Wiktionary
Pal"ate, n. Etym: [L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The roof of the mouth.
Note: The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the hard palate to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain which separates the cavity of the mouth from the pharynx and is called the soft palate, or velum.
2. Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. Pope.
3. Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. T. Baker.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
Pal"ate, v. t.
Definition: To perceive by the taste. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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