palate

[ pal-it ]

/ ˈpæl ɪt /

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noun

Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate ) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate, orvelum ) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.

the sense of taste: a dinner to delight the palate.

intellectual or aesthetic taste; mental appreciation.

Origin of palate

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English palat, from Latin palātum “roof of the mouth”

OTHER WORDS FROM palate

pal·ate·less, adjectivepal·ate·like, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH palate

palate , palette, pallet

Words nearby palate

palatalize, palatalized, palatal papillomatosis, palatal process, palatal reflex, palate, palatial, Palatinate, palatine, palatine artery, palatine bone

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Example sentences from the Web for palate

So then trust me when I say that this magical stack works even better in the morning, when your palate is primed and ready for its unique textural majesty.
BLTs Should Be a Breakfast Food|Lesley Suter|October 6, 2020|Eater
The very core of food culture is adaptation to new environments, new palates, new people, new ingredients — and these exchanges are not always peaceful or mutually beneficial.
Why Do Fast-Casual Restaurants Get a Pass on Appropriation?|Jenny Dorsey|October 5, 2020|Eater
None of them should prevail on the other to create the perfect palate mix.
Why right now is the time to start aging your wine collection|Rachel King|October 4, 2020|Fortune
It is comfort food at its finest, a thing designed for your specific palate, with absolutely no thought paid to impressing anyone else.
Celebrate the House Meal, the Go-To Dish for When There’s No One to Satisfy but Yourself|Jaya Saxena|September 30, 2020|Eater

Sleeping out in the woods is a palate cleanser for your soul, whether you eat a soggy PB&J by the fire or whip up a four-course meal.
The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Camp Cooking|AC Shilton|September 5, 2020|Outside Online
That means Japanese whiskies are beautifully balanced and elegant; they touch and develop on every sensor on the palate.
Watch Out, Scotland! Japanese Whisky Is on the Rise|Kayleigh Kulp|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And your palate will change as you have new experiences and new selections in the wine world.
William Shatner Picks His Favorite Wines|William Shatner|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Oak, great balance and a good finish with stone fruits and just enough oak to round the wine to a silky smooth feel on the palate.
William Shatner Picks His Favorite Wines|William Shatner|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By 1987, however, the American palate was beginning to change.
Hillbilly Heaven: The History of Small-Batch Bourbon|Dane Huckelbridge|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When I first met Roy Choi, he said I had the palate of a nine-year-old.
Jon Favreau On the Food Porn-y ‘Chef,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ and Why He Left the ‘Iron Man’ Franchise|Marlow Stern|March 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The entire secret of it was to have the patient raise the tip of the tongue to the palate and hold it there while speaking.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh
The ingredients are mingled with a nice discrimination between the rights of the palate and the maintenance of health.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened|Kenelm Digby
And, then, the loss of time—the time spent in pleasing the palate!
The Young Man's Guide|William A. Alcott
Nor is there any passage from it to the brain, but to the palate; and a vein stretches from the brain to it.
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus|William MacGillivray
Then there was the salad and the seasoning of it to just that degree of the "delicieux" the palate revels in.
The Greater Love|George T. McCarthy

British Dictionary definitions for palate

palate

/ (ˈpælɪt) /

noun

the roof of the mouth, separating the oral and nasal cavitiesSee hard palate, soft palate Related adjective: palatine

the sense of tasteshe had no palate for the wine

relish or enjoyment

botany (in some two-lipped corollas) the projecting part of the lower lip that closes the opening of the corolla

Word Origin for palate

C14: from Latin palātum, perhaps of Etruscan origin

undefined palate

Avoid confusion with palette, pallet 1

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for palate

palate

[ (pal-uht) ]

The roof of the mouth. The palate separates the mouth from the nasal cavity.

notes for palate

It is sometimes said that a person has a “cultivated palate” if he or she has a discerning taste for food.

Medical definitions for palate

palate

[ păl′ĭt ]

n.

The bony and muscular partition between the oral and nasal cavities; the roof of the mouth.

Scientific definitions for palate

palate

[ păl′ĭt ]

The roof of the mouth in vertebrate animals, separating the mouth from the passages of the nose.♦ The bony part of the palate is called the hard palate. ♦ A soft, flexible, rear portion of the palate, called the soft palate, is present in mammals only and serves to close off the mouth from the nose during swallowing.

单词	palate
释义	palate [ pal-it ] / ˈpæl ɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR palate ON THESAURUS.COM noun Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate ) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate, orvelum ) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. the sense of taste: a dinner to delight the palate. intellectual or aesthetic taste; mental appreciation. Origin of palate First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English palat, from Latin palātum “roof of the mouth” OTHER WORDS FROM palate pal·ate·less, adjectivepal·ate·like, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH palate palate , palette, pallet Words nearby palate palatalize, palatalized, palatal papillomatosis, palatal process, palatal reflex, palate, palatial, Palatinate, palatine, palatine artery, palatine bone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for palate So then trust me when I say that this magical stack works even better in the morning, when your palate is primed and ready for its unique textural majesty. BLTs Should Be a Breakfast Food\|Lesley Suter\|October 6, 2020\|Eater The very core of food culture is adaptation to new environments, new palates, new people, new ingredients — and these exchanges are not always peaceful or mutually beneficial. Why Do Fast-Casual Restaurants Get a Pass on Appropriation?\|Jenny Dorsey\|October 5, 2020\|Eater None of them should prevail on the other to create the perfect palate mix. Why right now is the time to start aging your wine collection\|Rachel King\|October 4, 2020\|Fortune It is comfort food at its finest, a thing designed for your specific palate, with absolutely no thought paid to impressing anyone else. Celebrate the House Meal, the Go-To Dish for When There’s No One to Satisfy but Yourself\|Jaya Saxena\|September 30, 2020\|Eater Sleeping out in the woods is a palate cleanser for your soul, whether you eat a soggy PB&J by the fire or whip up a four-course meal. The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Camp Cooking\|AC Shilton\|September 5, 2020\|Outside Online That means Japanese whiskies are beautifully balanced and elegant; they touch and develop on every sensor on the palate. Watch Out, Scotland! Japanese Whisky Is on the Rise\|Kayleigh Kulp\|November 16, 2014\|DAILY BEAST And your palate will change as you have new experiences and new selections in the wine world. William Shatner Picks His Favorite Wines\|William Shatner\|July 4, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Oak, great balance and a good finish with stone fruits and just enough oak to round the wine to a silky smooth feel on the palate. William Shatner Picks His Favorite Wines\|William Shatner\|July 4, 2014\|DAILY BEAST By 1987, however, the American palate was beginning to change. Hillbilly Heaven: The History of Small-Batch Bourbon\|Dane Huckelbridge\|March 29, 2014\|DAILY BEAST When I first met Roy Choi, he said I had the palate of a nine-year-old. Jon Favreau On the Food Porn-y ‘Chef,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ and Why He Left the ‘Iron Man’ Franchise\|Marlow Stern\|March 9, 2014\|DAILY BEAST The entire secret of it was to have the patient raise the tip of the tongue to the palate and hold it there while speaking. Psychotherapy\|James J. Walsh The ingredients are mingled with a nice discrimination between the rights of the palate and the maintenance of health. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened\|Kenelm Digby And, then, the loss of time—the time spent in pleasing the palate! The Young Man's Guide\|William A. Alcott Nor is there any passage from it to the brain, but to the palate; and a vein stretches from the brain to it. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus\|William MacGillivray Then there was the salad and the seasoning of it to just that degree of the "delicieux" the palate revels in. The Greater Love\|George T. McCarthy British Dictionary definitions for palate palate / (ˈpælɪt) / noun the roof of the mouth, separating the oral and nasal cavitiesSee hard palate, soft palate Related adjective: palatine the sense of tasteshe had no palate for the wine relish or enjoyment botany (in some two-lipped corollas) the projecting part of the lower lip that closes the opening of the corolla Word Origin for palate C14: from Latin palātum, perhaps of Etruscan origin undefined palate Avoid confusion with palette, pallet 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to palate bias, penchant, partiality, tendency, attraction, inclination, preference, appetite, disposition, zest, gusto Cultural definitions for palate palate [ (pal-uht) ] The roof of the mouth. The palate separates the mouth from the nasal cavity. notes for palate It is sometimes said that a person has a “cultivated palate” if he or she has a discerning taste for food. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Medical definitions for palate palate [ păl′ĭt ] n. The bony and muscular partition between the oral and nasal cavities; the roof of the mouth. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for palate palate [ păl′ĭt ] The roof of the mouth in vertebrate animals, separating the mouth from the passages of the nose.♦ The bony part of the palate is called the hard palate. ♦ A soft, flexible, rear portion of the palate, called the soft palate, is present in mammals only and serves to close off the mouth from the nose during swallowing. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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palate

noun

Origin of palate

OTHER WORDS FROM palate

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH palate

Words nearby palate

Example sentences from the Web for palate

British Dictionary definitions for palate

noun

Word Origin for palate

undefined palate

Words related to palate

Cultural definitions for palate

notes for palate

Medical definitions for palate

n.

Scientific definitions for palate