palate
the top inside part of your mouth
The top part of the inside of the mouth that separates the mouth from the nasal cavity.
your ability to taste flavors
A person's ability to taste and notice flavors, especially when eating or drinking.
your taste, especially when it is skilled or refined
A person's preferences and ability to recognize and appreciate quality and subtle differences, especially in food and drink.
- Base: palate
- Plural: palates
a refined palate
1sophisticated taste in flavors
to have very good taste in food and drink
- He has a refined palate and loves trying new wines.
- The restaurant attracts diners with a refined palate.
- With experience, she developed a more refined palate for coffee.
- She has a refined palate.
appeal to the palate
1taste pleasant and satisfying
to taste good
- The dessert is rich but still appeals to the palate.
- They wanted a wine that would appeal to the palate of beginners.
- The dish looks simple, but the flavors really appeal to the palate.
- This soup appeals to my palate.
cleanse the palate
1reset your sense of taste
to make your mouth ready to taste again
- Sip some water to cleanse the palate before the next course.
- They served sorbet to cleanse the palate between rich dishes.
- A slice of ginger can cleanse the palate after sushi.
- I drink water to cleanse my palate.
develop a palate for
1learn to like a flavor
to start liking a taste after time
- I had to develop a palate for blue cheese.
- Over time, she developed a palate for dry red wine.
- Many people develop a palate for bitter flavors as they get older.
- I developed a palate for spicy food.
palate cleanser
1food/drink that refreshes taste
something you eat or drink to refresh your taste
- The chef offered a lemon sorbet as a palate cleanser.
- Pickled ginger works as a palate cleanser during a sushi meal.
- Between wine samples, crackers act as a simple palate cleanser.
- Sorbet is a palate cleanser.
suit (someone's) palate
1match someone’s taste preferences
to be the kind of taste someone likes
- They adjusted the spice level to suit local palates.
- This wine suits my palate better than the sweeter one.
- The chef offers several sauces to suit different palates.
- This curry suits my palate.