Associations to the word «Mastication»

Wiktionary

MASTICATION, noun. (physiology) The process of chewing.
MASTICATION, noun. The process of crushing as though chewed.

Dictionary definition

MASTICATION, noun. Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne