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.
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So they ate canned mackerel, pates and porridge without meat in the dark in their freezing apartment.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Like bald pates, black holes of similar masses and spins then have no details—no “hair”—to distinguish them, as American theorist John Archibald Wheeler quipped.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 20, 2018
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
Most of the salumi, pâtés and terrines come from Les Trois Petits Cochons, with more purveyors planned.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
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
We can discern many advantages to be derived from the introduction of what we will call "pâtés penitentiaires."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various
