·noun The roof of the mouth.
II. Palate ·vt To perceive by the taste.
III. Palate ·noun Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste.
IV. Palate ·noun A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
V. Palate ·noun Relish; taste; liking;
— a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.