Pate

usgb/peɪt/
noun

The top of a person's head.

He is bald on his pate.
Visual representation of "pate" - The top of a person's head.

Often appears as...

  • bald on his pate
  • scratched his pate
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Visual representation of "pate"
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Physical Description

Use 'pate' for describing someone's head in a playful or quirky tone.

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His hat was perched atop his pate.
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Not for Hair

'Pate' refers to the top of the head, not the hair, focusing on the scalp and skull.

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She kissed the baby's soft pate gently.
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Figurative Use

Sometimes 'pate' is used figuratively to suggest someone's mind or thoughts.

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Ideas brewed in the scientist's pate before invention.
Visual representation of the word "Pate"

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