Definitions for palate

palate pal·ate

Spelling: [pal-it]
IPA: /ˈpæl ɪt/

Palate is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in palate (aaelpt).

Definitions for palate

noun

  1. Anatomy. 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.
  2. the sense of taste:
  3. intellectual or aesthetic taste; mental appreciation.

Origin of palate

1350-1400; Middle English palat Latin palātum roof of the mouth

Examples for palate

Woefully had the massacre of the saints failed to please the palate of the populace.

I have lost all palate for Bordeaux since I came to Mr. Cashel.

That means Japanese whiskies are beautifully balanced and elegant; they touch and develop on every sensor on the palate.

Sugar is not so sweet to the palate as sound to the healthy ear.

When I first met Roy Choi, he said I had the palate of a nine-year-old.

The fruit of Croton is a feast both to the eye and to the palate.

And your palate will change as you have new experiences and new selections in the wine world.

By 1987, however, the American palate was beginning to change.

Oak, great balance and a good finish with stone fruits and just enough oak to round the wine to a silky smooth feel on the palate.

Here is a salad that would have intrigued the palate of Lucullus, himself.

Word Value for palate
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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