palate
The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
Other meanings
A part associated with the mouth of certain invertebrates, somewhat analogous to the palate of vertebrates.
A projection in the throat of certain bilabiate flowers as the snapdragon.
Synonyms
- roof of the mouth
A kind of
- surface
Related words
- midpalate
- palateful
- palateless
- palatelike
- palatic
- palatiform
- palatitis
- palative
- palatize
- pseudopalate
- palate cleanser
- cleft palate
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "palate".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “palate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.