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mastication
Definitions of
mastication
noun
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
synonyms:
chew
,
chewing
,
manduction
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types:
chomping
the act of chewing noisily
gumming
,
mumbling
ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
rumination
(of ruminants) chewing (the cud)
type of:
change of state
the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
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