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PATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The top of the head

Synonyms:

crown; pate; poll

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pate" is a kind of...):

top; top side; upper side; upside (the highest or uppermost side of anything)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pate"):

tonsure (the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head)

Holonyms ("pate" is a part of...):

human head (the head of a human being)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pate" is a kind of...):

paste; spread (a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pate"):

duck pate (a pate made from duck liver)

foie gras; pate de foie gras (a pate made from goose liver (marinated in Cognac) and truffles)

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