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pate

noun

ˈpāt

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 of pate While trays of chef Sophia Roe’s delicate hors d'oeuvres like English pea tarts, caviar edible spoons and elderflower pate de fruits passed through the crowd, perfumer Christine Nagel toasted the house’s newest fragrance, Barénia. —

Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024 Corgan tipped the brim of the Cubs baseball cap that sat atop his gleaming pate. —

John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024 Apparently, Parisians mistook the uniformed figure with the bald pate for General Dwight Eisenhower. —

Sam Roberts, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2015 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 See all Example Sentences for pate

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Now, Maineri heads into year 12 with 18 pitchers on his roster, hoping that rising junior Caleb Gilbert and sophomore-to-be Zach Hess will emerge at the top of the pitching rotation.

John Roach, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.

J. Harry Jones, Ramona Sentinel, 19 July 2017