Definition of palates Palates
/pæˈlʌts/ - [patluts] -
We found 3 definitions of palates from 2 different sources.
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What does palates mean?
Wiktionary 
- palates (Noun)
Plural of palate.
Part of speech
🔤- palates, noun, plural of palate.
WordNet
NounPlural: palates |
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| palate - the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities | ||
| roof of the mouth | ||
| surface the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" | ||
| oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris, mouth the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth" | ||
| gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue | ||
| soft palate, velum a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- palate (n.)
The roof of the mouth. - palate (n.)
Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. - palate (n.)
Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. - palate (n.)
A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon. - palate (v. t.)
To perceive by the taste.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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palate
The roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.]
Part of speech
🔤- palate, noun, singular of palates.
