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palate definition

pal·ate (pal′it)

noun

  1. the roof of the mouth, consisting of a hard, bony forward part (the hard palate) and a soft, fleshy back part (the soft palate, or velum)
  2. sense of taste: the palate was incorrectly thought to be the organ of taste
  3. intellectual taste; liking

Etymology: ME < L palatum

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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