palate
noun
the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion hard palate and a posterior muscular portion soft palate, or velum that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
palates
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pluralof palate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“As New Zealand’s demographics changed, new traditions emerged. Since the 1980s, when people returned from overseas, they added to the menus and our palates changed with them,” says Venner.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Vegetables, in particular, can taste quite bitter to young palates.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“The home is very taste-specific, which may not be helping the property as buyers are drawn to more neutral palates that are transitional vs. taste-specific,” she says.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
It’s dry but not bone-dry, a wine to please a wide range of palates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
You see her hand-drawn illustrations of the human mouth, the tongue, the upper and lower palates, the uvula.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
