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pate

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: pate

1
n
liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
2
n
the top of the head
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: pate
1

n liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned

Types:
duck pate
a pate made from duck liver
foie gras, pate de foie gras
a pate made from goose liver (marinated in Cognac) and truffles
Type of:
paste, spread
a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
2

n the top of the head

Synonyms:
crown, poll
Types:
tonsure
the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
Type of:
top, top side, upper side, upside
the highest or uppermost side of anything
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