pate
noun
the crown or top of the head.
pates
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pluralof pate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
pâtés
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pluralof pâté.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
patenounthe crown or top of the head.
Example Sentences
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He’s raising the price of other items, like ground sausage and pates, to offset the higher costs of poultry.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
That proscription is known as the no-hair theorem because famed American theorist John Archibald Wheeler quipped that it meant black holes were as indistinguishable as bald pates.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 13, 2019
Miss Dormer says “Hunger Games” fans often approach her to discuss Cressida’s unique “undercut” hairstyle, a style many acolytes of the books and films have copied on their own pates.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2015
Indelibly enigmatic, she tickles their pates but evades their clutches.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2012
When called upon, I delivered an effortless list of things that I detest: blood sausage, intestinal pates, brain pudding, I’d learned these words the hard way.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
The term traditionally referred to prepared meat products like sausages, ballotines and pâtés, which were preserved and then served.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2023
Next door on Nostrand Avenue is the Immaculee Bakery, whose Haitian pâtés are an irresistible siren to both kinds of customers — those who call them pah-tays and the ones who ask for patties.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
There are no labels on the jars of pâtés or the bottles of wine they open up.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2016
The offerings will include homemade pâtés and sausages, organ meats, bone broth and various cuts of steak, as well as roasted whole heritage hog on special occasions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2016
Their stomach is not their God; and the cook, with his sauces and pâtés and ragoûts, is not their High Priest.
From Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
