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Pate

Pate Meaning & Definition
Pate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pate?

[n] the top of the head
[n] liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pate: crown | poll

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pate: 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

See Also | duck pate | foie gras | human head | paste | pate de foie gras | spread | tonsure | top | top side | upper side | upside

Pate In Webster's Dictionary

\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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