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palate

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1. palate - Noun

2. palate - Verb

Meaning

The roof of the mouth.

Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.

Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste.

A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

To perceive by the taste.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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My palate is simpler than it used to be. A young chef adds and adds and adds to the plate. As you get older, you start to take away. Jacques Pepin

Mine enemy is growing old,- I have at last revenge. The palate of the hate departs; If any would avenge,-Let him be quick, the viand flits, It is a faded meat. Anger as soon as fed is dead; 'T is starving makes it fat. Emily Dickinson

You can grow grapes in almost any part of the world. You just have to develop your palate enough to realize wine is an expression of the place where you make it. You don't have to take over the world; just be an artist and express your area. Maynard James Keenan

Two flavors confuse the palate. Ivorian Proverb

He moistens the lips, but leaves the palate dry. Latin Proverb

The palate is as dry as the sandal of a Bedouin. Finnish Proverb

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