Pate

Noun

 * 1)  The head, particularly the top or crown.
 * He had a shiny, bald pate.

Derived terms

 * pated

Noun

 * 1)  (finely-ground paste of meat, fish, etc.)
 * 2) The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color.

Adjectives for Pate
lean; understanding; ponderous; learned; bald; shiny. ducal; unfathomed; inexorable; changeless; bitter; rough; emotional; ungentle; ambiguous; unrelenting; long-distant; disputable; restored; embalmed; irreproachable; hideous; well-filled; boundless; unrelenting; unhallowed; glorious; ungracious; pathetic; picturesque; melancholy.

Verbs for Pate
clarify—; decipher—; dip into—; discern—; enrich—; evoke—; grope in—; penetrate—; plumb—; recapture—; recreate—; reflect on —; regret—; relive—; resurrect—; shake off —; —fades; —haunts; —survives; —vanishes.

Thesaurus
Danish pastry, French pastry, baklava, bean, belfry, blintz, brain, brow, chocolate eclair, chump, cream puff, crown, dome, dowdy, eclair, encephalon, gray matter, head, headpiece, noddle, noggin, noodle, organ of thought, pandowdy, pastry, pasty, patisserie, patty, patty-shell, pie, poll, puff, quiche, ridge, rosette, sconce, seat of thought, sensation, sensorium, sensory, strudel, tart, timbale, tipsy cake, trifle, turnover, vol-au-vent

Etymology 1
c.1200, perhaps a shortened form of patene or  patena, both from  patina:

Etymology 2
c.1700, pâté:, from  paste, pastée.

Noun

 * Finnish:


 * Scottish Gaelic:

Anagrams

 * peat
 * Peta, PETA
 * tape

Noun

 * 1) pâté

Alternative forms

 * paté

Etymology
From pâté:.