'Pate' definitions:
Definition of 'pate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Pate'
From: GCIDE
- Pate \Pate\, n. [Cf. LG. & Prov. G. pattkopf, patzkopf, scabby head; patt, patz, scab + kopf head.]
- 1. The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head. [Now generally used in contempt or ridicule.] [1913 Webster]
- His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. --Ps. vii. 16. [1913 Webster]
- Fat paunches have lean pate. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The skin of a calf's head. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baklava,
- bean,
- belfry,
- blintz,
- brain,
- brow,
- chocolate eclair,
- chump,
- cream puff,
- crown,
- Danish pastry,
- dome,
- dowdy,
- eclair,
- encephalon,
- French pastry,
- gray matter,
- head,
- headpiece,
- noddle,
- noggin,
- noodle,
- organ of thought,
- pandowdy,
- pastry,
- pasty,
- patisserie,
- patty,
- patty-shell,
- pie,
- poll,
- puff,
- quiche,
- ridge,
- rosette,
- sconce,
- seat of thought,
- sensation,
- sensorium,
- sensory,
- strudel,
- tart,
- timbale,
- tipsy cake,
- trifle,
- turnover,
- vol-au-vent