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palate
1. The roof of the mouth.
3. Intellectual or aesthetic taste; mental appreciation.
4. Etymology: "roof of the mouth", from Old French palat, from Latin palatum, "roof of the mouth"; perhaps of Etruscan origin. Popularly considered the seat of taste, hence transferred meaning "sense of taste" from about 1526.
The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate).
2. The sense of taste: "We had a dinner which delighted the palate."3. Intellectual or aesthetic taste; mental appreciation.
4. Etymology: "roof of the mouth", from Old French palat, from Latin palatum, "roof of the mouth"; perhaps of Etruscan origin. Popularly considered the seat of taste, hence transferred meaning "sense of taste" from about 1526.
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palate (PAL it) (noun)
1. The roof of the mouth which separates the interior of the mouth from the nasal cavity: The shape of Kelsey's palate, or the upper part of the oral cavity in which she talks, gave her voice a distinctive quality.
2. The sense of taste, often in reference to a refined or informed sense of taste: Rodney had a fine palate for tea and drank several cups each day.
2. The sense of taste, often in reference to a refined or informed sense of taste: Rodney had a fine palate for tea and drank several cups each day.
palette (PAL it) (noun)
1. A thin board upon which an artist mixes paints and which is held when the artist is painting: When Jenifer needed a new palette for her studio, the artist went to the art supply store.
2. A distinctive quality or use of color in a painting: The palette of the artist ranged from deep reds to gold.
2. A distinctive quality or use of color in a painting: The palette of the artist ranged from deep reds to gold.
pallet (PAL it) (noun)
1. A mattress or a small bed that is for temporary use: When Jillian has lots of company, she makes up a pallet on the library floor for the children to sleep on.
2. A portable platform used to move heavy objects which are placed on it: The tractor moved the pallet loaded with boxes to the end of the loading dock.
3. A small mechanism in a time piece which ensures the movement of the pendulum: Aaron's clock keeps losing time and he thinks the pallet needs to be checked so the freely swinging apparatus will work properly.
2. A portable platform used to move heavy objects which are placed on it: The tractor moved the pallet loaded with boxes to the end of the loading dock.
3. A small mechanism in a time piece which ensures the movement of the pendulum: Aaron's clock keeps losing time and he thinks the pallet needs to be checked so the freely swinging apparatus will work properly.
The artist, Laurel, who was famous for her palate for fine tea, worked with a palette and brush using a wide palette of distinctive colors.
She would often stand on a small pallet which she could move around the room in order to get a better perspective of her work.
Her studio was also equipped with a day pallet for a quick nap and an antique clock, the pallet of which needed adjusting from time to time.
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(Greek: uvula; the small piece of soft tissue that can be seen dangling down from the soft palate over the back of the tongue)
(Greek: pharynx [the alimentary canal between the palate and the esophagus]; part of the neck or throat)
(Greek: heaven [s], vault of heaven; hence "the sky"; from Uranus, the god of the sky; in medicine, the palate, roof, or top of the mouth)
(Latin: a pendent, fleshy mass of tissue hanging from the soft palate above the root of the tongue; mucous membrane)
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“palate”
A conical protuberance from the back edge of the middle of the soft palate: The function of the uvula of the soft palate is to prevent food from entering the nasal cavity.
During swallowing, the uvula of the soft palate moves upward with the soft palate.