1. [noun] (anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
2. [noun] The sense of taste.
3. [noun] (figuratively) relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
4. [noun] (figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.
5. [noun] (botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
6. [verb] (nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
7. [noun] The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.
