pate
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- noun
- /peɪt/
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- The gleaming bald pate, now covered with a skullcap, had spread over the entire skull, from ear to ear.
Examples
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Light from the window behind him bounced off his perspiring bald pate to create a glare that made Jack squint.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Reith dislodged the hat to reveal a stark bald pate.
Fiction book (1993) -
San De runs his hand across his bald pate and smiles.
Fiction book (1991) -
Count D'Medved had a bald pate and a big black beard.
Fiction book (2000) -
Heiberg tapped his own bald pate three times as he had done when telling this story to his classes.
Fiction book (1996) -
Now he appeared older than Randolph, bald pate gleaming with perspiration, badly overweight and overwrought.
Fiction book (1995) -
Wilkie wore a gray fedora to protect his bald pate from the sun.
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Count D'Medved had a bald pate that shone in the sunlight.
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Light from the window created a glare off his shiny bald pate.
Synonyms
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1.8
The rounded top part of something, like a bone or tool
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3.5
Skin on the top of the head that usually has hair
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4.1
The top part of something, for example the raised middle of a road
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8.9
The top part of an animal's head behind the forehead
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9.6
A smooth shiny bald head that people joke about
Compounds
How Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pate comes from an old French word for 'head' and came into English to mean the 'top' or 'crown' of the head. So when you speak of someone's pate you are pointing to the very top of their head, often the bald, shiny part.