mastication

Definitions of mastication

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n biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

Synonyms:: chew, chewing, manduction

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