'Mastication' definitions:
Definition of 'mastication'
(from WordNet)
noun
Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow [syn: chew, chewing, mastication, manduction]
Definition of 'Mastication'
From: GCIDE
- Mastication \Mas`ti*ca"tion\, n. [L. masticatio: cf. F. mastication.] The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food. [1913 Webster]
- Mastication is a necessary preparation of solid aliment, without which there can be no good digestion. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]