Definitions for masticate

masticate mas·ti·cate

Spelling: [mas-ti-keyt]
IPA: /ˈmæs tɪˌkeɪt/

Masticate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 381 anagrams from letters in masticate (aaceimstt).

Definitions for masticate

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to chew.
  2. to reduce to a pulp by crushing or kneading, as rubber.

Origin of masticate

1640-50; Late Latin masticātus, past participle of masticāre to chew. See mastic, -ate1

Examples for masticate

Take time to masticate and cultivate a cheerful appetite while you eat.

masticate well every mouthful of food, whether it seems to need it or not.

Their stomachs, however, and breasts, were easy to masticate.

Sayre bit out a page from the pad and began to masticate it.

She was trying to masticate these when there came a tap at the door.

If she should masticate food her own poison would destroy her life.

They then roll the leaf up, and masticate it for hours together.

He should swallow the seeds and pulp whole, and masticate and swallow the skins.

And he took her teeth out of her mouth so that she should not masticate food.

George, continuing to masticate his bread, says it has nothing to do with him.

Word Value for masticate
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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