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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In France, where snails are eaten piping hot with oozing garlic butter or mixed into pates, importers had noticed Ukrainian snails making inroads into the market.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
Wheeler dubbed the result the no-hair theorem to emphasize that two black holes of the same mass and spin are as indistinguishable as bald pates.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 7, 2021
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
“These are for you,” she says, handing Ashima a cellophane-wrapped basket full of tinned pates and jars of cornichons and chutneys that Gogol knows his parents will never open or enjoy.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
The term traditionally referred to prepared meat products like sausages, ballotines and pâtés, which were preserved and then served.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2023
Julia Grossman, Mr. Moore’s partner in this venture, is the baker turning out croissants, brioches and such for breakfast and beyond, paired with Mr. Moore’s homey pâtés, terrines, mushroom fricassees and Parisian sandwich fillings.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2018
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 missed you last night at the "hoary old sinner's," Who gave us as usual the cream of good dinners; His soups scientific, his fishes quite prime— His pâtés superb, and his cutlets sublime!
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti
