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PALATE definition: 1. the top part of the inside of your mouth 2. a person's ability to taste and judge good food and…. Learn more.
1. : the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate, soft palate. 2. a. : a usually intellectual taste or liking. too ornate for my palate. I heard a little too much preaching … and lost my palate for it. George Eliot. b. : the sense of taste. serves Korean food adapted for the American palate.
The palate ( / ˈpælɪt /) is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. [1] A similar structure is found in crocodilians, but in most other tetrapods, the oral and nasal cavities are not truly separated.
Palate definition: 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.. See examples of PALATE used in a sentence.
the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity
noun. us / ˈpæl.ət / uk / ˈpæl.ət / Add to word list. [ C ] the top part of the inside of your mouth. [ C usually singular ] a person's ability to taste and judge good food and wine: a discriminating palate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. The mouth & throat. adenoid. alveolar ridge. buccal. buccinator. gullet. hypopharynx.
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.
A person with an expensive palate likes only high-priced culinary treats. Someone who tastes slight nuances in food is said to have a well-developed palate, and someone who likes only fancy food is said to have a sophisticated palate. In reality, most taste receptors are on the tongue.
Definition of palate noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
My friend was very ill and could not palate much of anything. to find acceptable or agreeable to the mind or feelings: Your position is hard to palate, because I believe there is such a thing as objective morality.
