pate
the crown or top of the head.
the head.
the brain.
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Other definitions for pâté (2 of 3)
French Cooking. a paste or spread made of puréed or finely chopped liver, meat, fish, game, etc., served as an hors d'oeuvre.
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Other definitions for pâte (3 of 3)
porcelain paste used in ceramic work.
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How to use pate in a sentence
In a trim dark suit, his pate glinting from the fluorescent lights in the cramped, low-ceilinged room, Locke cut a confident figure, a video of the meeting shows.
The Leader of New York’s “City of the Dead” Cashes In. Again. | by Carson Kessler | July 25, 2022 | ProPublicaSteffen, a 53-year-old mountain of a man with a crystal-ball-bald pate, hosts a podcast and publishes a newsletter called “The Snap Forward.”
California’s Forever Fire | by Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica, photography by Meridith Kohut for The New York Times Magazine | January 3, 2022 | ProPublicaThe mushroom ends up a little lighter in texture but deeper in flavor, almost like a faux liver pâté.
This extra-creamy vegetable quiche stars squash or mushrooms — your choice | Joe Yonan | December 19, 2021 | Washington PostHugging a boundary between tectonic pates, the Ring of Fire is an open seam on the planet’s interior.
Seismic ‘Telescope’ Reveals a Titanic, Tree-Like Plume Feeding Earth’s Volcanoes | Jason Dorrier | October 17, 2021 | Singularity Hub“We believe we have an opportunity to be an endemic product that’s part of any gamer’s kit,” pate continued.
‘No one’s going in blind’: Brands are bringing gaming and esports in-house | Seb Joseph | July 28, 2021 | Digiday
I confess a particular weakness for his chocolate biscuits and pork pate with onion marmalade.
Imagining Prince Charles as King Makes All of Britain Wish They Could Leave Like Scotland | Clive Irving | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had a round, very wide face, light eyes full of pride, a dimpled chin, a bald pate with a gray fringe.
It is littered with pate rind, bread crumbs, greaseproof paper, orange peel and banana skins.
Geoff Dyer's 'The Missing of the Somme' Reconsidered | Louisa Thomas | November 11, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTMeier, who has the round face and thinning pate of a friar, is as close to a celebrity as you can find in the videogame world.
Whether it is a simple roasted chicken, pate, or tuna Napoleon, each plate is a true culinary pleasure and delivers every time.
His gray hair was so accurately combed and flattened over his yellow pate that it made it look like a furrowed field.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket | Honore de BalzacHe bobbed his head and shot straight forward, landing his deputy-excellency fairly in the stomach, with his bare woolly pate.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge HemyngSadly and prayerfully while she slept lifted he the retributive mallet and beat in her brittle pate.
The Fiend's Delight | Dod GrileYou beat your pate, and fancy wit will come; / 20 Knock as you please, there's nobody at home.
"Oh, the cause must not suffer for want of a broken pate or two," replied Annys, merrily.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan Meyer
British Dictionary definitions for pate (1 of 2)
/ (peɪt) /
the head, esp with reference to baldness or (in facetious use) intelligence
Origin of pate
1British Dictionary definitions for pâté (2 of 2)
/ (ˈpæteɪ, French pɑte) /
a spread of very finely minced liver, poultry, etc, served usually as an hors d'oeuvre
a savoury pie of meat or fish
Origin of pâté
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