Associations to the word «Palate»

Wiktionary

PALATE, noun. (anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
PALATE, noun. The sense of taste.
PALATE, noun. (figuratively) relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
PALATE, noun. (figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.
PALATE, noun. (botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
PALATE, verb. (nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
PALATE EXPANDER, noun. Palatal expander

Dictionary definition

PALATE, noun. The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley