pâté
1 of 3noun (1)
pâ·té pä-ˈtā 
pa-
variants or less commonly pate
1
: a spread of finely chopped or pureed seasoned meat
chicken liver pâté
2
: a meat or fish pie or patty
pate
2 of 3noun (2)
ˈpāt
1
: head
A hat covered his bald pate.
2
: the crown of the head
combed his hair across his pate
3
usually disparaging : brain
pated
ˈpā-təd
adjective pâte
3 of 3noun (3)
ˈpät
: paste sense 2b
Synonyms
Noun (2)
- bean
- block [slang]
- dome
- head
- mazard [chiefly dialect]
- mazzard
- nob
- noddle
- noggin
- noodle
- nut [slang]
- poll
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Example Sentences
Noun (2) plopped a cap on his bald pate
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
French, from Middle French pasté — more at pasty
Noun (2)
Middle English
Noun (3)
French, literally, paste, from Old French paste
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1706, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (3)
1863, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing pâté
pate
noun
as in head
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth plopped a cap on his bald pate Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- head
- skull
- noddle
- noodle
- dome
- bean
- noggin
- nob
- nut
- scalp
- cranium
- crown
- mazard
- block
- poll
- mazzard
- occiput
