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palates

The correct spelling is palates.

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noun

Say it like: Pal-ate-s

The correct spelling is palates. The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.

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noun

  1. 1.The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
  2. 2.The sense of taste.
  3. 3.Relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
  4. 4.Mental relish; intellectual taste.
  5. 5.A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

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