palate
IPA: pˈæɫʌt
noun
- (anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
- (zoology) A part associated with the mouth of certain invertebrates, somewhat analagous to the palate of vertebrates.
- (entomology, rare) The hypopharynx of an insect.
- (botany) A projection in the throat of certain bilabiate flowers as the snapdragon.
- (cooking, historical) The palate of an animal, as an item of food.
- (figuratively) A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors.
- (figuratively) Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something.
- Taste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks.
verb
- (transitive, nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
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Examples of "palate" in Sentences
- The palate is the roof of the mouth.
- The tongue sticks to the upper palate.
- The body of the tongue is raised towards the palate.
- The rash on the tongue and palate is usually extensive.
- The palate is both the roof of the mouth and the floor of the nose.
- This forms what is known as the roof of the mouth, or the hard palate.
- The soft palate is the soft tissue that makes up the roof of the mouth.
- A cleft lip and or cleft palate may affect the behavior of preschoolers.
- Although I love Korean food, my Korean palate is pretty undiscriminating.
- The _soft palate_ is suspended like a curtain from the hard palate, behind.
- The flavors, on the whole, are nice, even if the palate is a bit too floral.
- Cleft lip and palate incidence among the live births in the Republic of Korea.
- The hard palate may be contacted by either the front or the back of the tongue.
- But now I prefer another category of books, which I call palate cleansers, to junk.
- The medium-bodied palate is exotic with roasted hazelnut, dried fruit, Gewurzty floral and spice notes and hints of peach and vanilla.
- In the highly mechanized countries, thanks to tinned food, cold storage, synthetic flavouring matters, etc., the palate is almost a dead organ.
- Even Howell admits that his palate is at its sharpest in the morning, when he claims to spend a full 45 minutes pondering his first cup of coffee.
- The organs of speech are the lungs and bronchial tubes; the throat, particularly that part of it which is known as the larynx or, in popular parlance, the Adams apple; the nose; the uvula, which is the soft, pointed, and easily movable organ that depends from the rear of the palate; the palate, which is divided into a posterior, movable soft palate or velum and a hard palate; the tongue; the teeth; and the lips.