palate
11palate — n. 1) a cleft; perforated palate 2) the hard; soft palate 3) (misc.) to tickle the palate ( to be very tasty ) * * * [ pælɪt] perforated palate soft palate a cleft the hard (misc.) to tickle the palate ( to be very tasty ) …
12palate — noun 1 (C) the roof (=top inside part) of the mouth see also: cleft palate, hard palate, soft palate 2 (C, U) the sense of taste: a crisp salad to refresh the palate | too spicy for my palate …
13palate — noun 1 part of the mouth ADJECTIVE ▪ hard ▪ soft ▪ cleft ▪ Their baby had an operation to repair a cleft palate. 2 sense of taste ADJECTIVE …
14palate — Synonyms and related words: aftertaste, alveolar ridge, alveolus, apex, appreciation, appreciation of differences, appreciativeness, artistic judgment, arytenoid cartilages, back, bitter, blade, connoisseurship, critical niceness, criticalness,… …
15palate — pal|ate [ˈpælıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: palatum] 1.) the ↑roof (=top inside part) of your mouth →↑cleft palate, ↑soft palate 2.) [U and C] the sense of taste, and especially your ability to enjoy or judge food …
16palate — noun 1) the tea burned her palate Syn: roof of the mouth, hard/soft palate 2) menus to suit the tourist palate Syn: (sense of) taste, appetite, stomach 3) wine with a peachy palate Syn …
17palate — UK [ˈpælət] / US noun [countable] Word forms palate : singular palate plural palates 1) medical the inside upper part of your mouth. The front, harder part is your hard palate, and the back, softer part is your soft palate. 2) the ability to… …
18palate — [[t]pæ̱lɪt[/t]] palates 1) N COUNT: usu poss N Your palate is the top part of the inside of your mouth. 2) N COUNT: usu with supp You can refer to someone s palate as a way of talking about their ability to judge good food or drink. ...fresh… …
19palate — pal•ate [[t]ˈpæl ɪt[/t]] n. 1) anat. the roof of the mouth in mammals, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior fleshy portion(soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. 2) the sense of taste: a… …
20palate — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Roof of the mouth] Syn. velum, hard palate, soft palate; see mouth 1 . 2. [Sense of taste] Syn. taste, appetite, tongue; see taste 1 …
