Definitions for palate
ˈpæl ɪtpalate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. palate, roof of the mouthnoun

   the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. palatenoun

   (Anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.

2. palatenoun

   The sense of taste.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PALATEnoun

   Etymology: palatum, Latin.

   1. The instrument of taste.

   Let their beds
   Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates
   Be season’d with such viands. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Ven.

   These ivory feet were carved into the shape of lions; without these their greatest dainties could not relish to their palates. George Hakewill, on Providence.

   Light and colours come in only by the eyes; all kind of sounds only by the ears; the several tastes and smells by the nose and palate. John Locke.

   By nerves about our palate plac’d,
   She likewise judges of the taste:
   Else, dismal thought! our warlike men
   Might drink thick port for fine champagne. Matthew Prior.

   The vulgar boil, the learned roast an egg;
   Hard task to hit the palate of such guests. Alexander Pope.

   2. Mental relish; intellectual taste.

   It may be the palate of the soul is indisposed by listlessness or sorrow. Taylor.

   The men of nice palates could not relish Aristotle , as drest up by the schoolmen. Thomas Baker, on Learning.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Palate

   The palate () is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. A similar structure is found in crocodilians, but in most other tetrapods, the oral and nasal cavities are not truly separated. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior, bony hard palate and the posterior, fleshy soft palate (or velum).

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. palate

   The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals, separating the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. It is divided into two parts: the hard palate at the front and the soft palate at the back. The palate is involved in functions such as eating, speaking and tasting.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Palatenoun

   the roof of the mouth

2. Palatenoun

   relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste

3. Palatenoun

   fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste

4. Palatenoun

   a projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon

5. Palateverb

   to perceive by the taste

6. Etymology: [L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat.]

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Palate

   The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. A similar structure is found in crocodilians, but, in most other tetrapods, the oral and nasal cavities are not truly separate. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior bony hard palate, and the posterior fleshy soft palate or velum. The maxillary nerve branch of the trigeminal nerve supplies sensory innervation to the palate. The hard palate forms before birth. If the fusion is incomplete, it is called a cleft palate. As the roof of the mouth was once considered the seat of the sense of taste, palate can also refer to this sense itself, as in the phrase "a discriminating palate". By further extension, the flavor of a food may be called its palate, as when a wine is said to have an oaky palate.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Palate

   pal′āt, n. the roof of the mouth, consisting of two portions, the hard palate in front and the soft palate behind: taste: relish: mental liking.—v.t. to taste.—adj. Pal′atable, agreeable to the palate or taste: savoury.—n. Pal′atableness, the quality of being agreeable to the taste.—adv. Pal′atably.—adj. Pal′atal, pertaining to the palate: uttered by aid of the palate—also Pal′atine.—n. a letter pronounced chiefly by aid of the palate, as k, g, e, i.—v.t. Pal′atalise, to make palatal.—adj. Palat′ic.—Cleft palate, a congenital defect of the palate, leaving a longitudinal fissure in the roof of the mouth. [O. Fr. palat—L. palatum.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Palate

   The structure that forms the roof of the mouth. It consists of the anterior hard palate (PALATE, HARD) and the posterior soft palate (PALATE, SOFT).

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. palate

   A place in the mouth of humans and animals.

   The palate of the mouth is in the the mouth in human beings and some animals.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 21, 2017  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Palate

   = hypopharynx; q.v.

Anagrams for palate »

1. paleta

2. aletap

3. platea

How to pronounce palate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say palate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of palate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of palate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of palate in a Sentence

1. Dustin Plunkett:

   It's about life-saving experiences for people. It's about learning to be the best person you can be, when I was a kid, I was moving pretty much home to home, family member to family member, and nobody in my family knew how to support me because of my cleft palate and my intellectual disability.

2. Georg Riedel:

   We’re in charge of delivering the aromas and then the flavors to the palate, the perception is triggered through the fact that the glasses deliver liquid to different parts of your palate.

3. Dustin Plunkett:

   When I was a kid, I was moving pretty much home to home, family member to family member, and nobody in my family knew how to support me because of my cleft palate and my intellectual disability.

4. Mary Day Winn:

   Sex is the tabasco sauce which an adolescent national palate sprinkles on every course in the menu.

5. Pindar:

   Very distasteful is excessive fame To the sour palate of the envious mind, Who hears with grief his neighbours good by name, And hates the fortune that he ne?er shall find.

Popularity rank by frequency of use