pate

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

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Recent Examples on the Web The bald pate and Mephistophelian goatee evoked Ming the Merciless of the Flash Gordon comics and the menacing devil worshippers from movies — LaVey was reclaiming pop culture’s caricature of a Satanist to fashion his high-priest persona. Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024 Served on warm bread with mayo, cucumber, cilantro, jalapeno, pickled carrots and daikon, and pate, the little shop has remained a local favorite while also luring in food critics, impressed by its flavors. Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2024 Many of the dishes at SAGE feature herbs and other ingredients plucked from plants growing on the patio, too, like the Door County smoke whitefish pate or egg salad sandwich with tarragon and microgreens. Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024 The chicken liver pate ($11) was rich, creamy and farmhouse-y. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pate 

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“Pate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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