Meaning of PATE
| Pronunciation: | | pâ'tey or peyt
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- [n] the top of the head
- [n] liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
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| | Synonyms: | | crown, poll |
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| | See Also: | | duck pate, foie gras, human head, paste, pate de foie gras, spread, tonsure, top, top side, upper side, upside | |
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| | Definition: | | \Pate\, n. [Cf. LG. & Prov. G. pattkopf, patzkopf, scabby
head; patt, patz, scab + kopf head.]
1. The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head. [Now
generally used in contempt or ridicule.]
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his
violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. --Ps.
vii. 16.
Fat paunches have lean pate. --Shak.
2. The skin of a calf's head.
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| | Related Terms: | | baklava, bean, belfry, blintz, brain, brow, chocolate eclair, chump, cream puff, crown, Danish pastry, dome, dowdy, eclair, encephalon, French pastry, gray matter, head, headpiece, noddle, noggin, noodle, organ of thought, pandowdy, pastry, pasty, patisserie, patty, patty-shell, pie, poll, puff, quiche, ridge, rosette, sconce, seat of thought, sensation, sensorium, sensory, strudel, tart, timbale, tipsy cake, trifle, turnover, vol-au-vent |
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