noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cleft palate
soft palate
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cleft
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Once here he will have an operation to repair a cleft palate by plastic surgeon Charles Viva.
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Katya was born with a bilateral hare lip and cleft palate .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Fresh tomatoes make the sandwich more pleasing to the palate .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Diaz's food is as scrumptious to the palate as the bank lobby is beautiful to behold.
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The palate is clean, with harmonious fruit and acidity.
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The verb is longer but unambiguous, a demonstrative moment as the tongue flicks anxiously away from the palate to release the vowel.
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They're versatile, consistently good and - to almost every palate - delicious.
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They may also feel their eyes, nose or palate itching.
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This aesthetic presentation is a very nice touch in a meal already replete with interesting tastes dancing merrily across your palate .
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Trust your own palate and your own sensibility.