Definition of "palates" [palates]

• Plural form of palate. (noun)

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• "The election now appears split along racial lines, with only ten percent of whites saying they could vote for what has to be the most palaptable black politician (palatable for white palates, that is) ever in the presidential lists."
• "Even activities such as palates, dance, rock climbing, and fine arts have seen increased enrollment, Curry said."
• "In that short era too, some twenty thousand new words were added to the language, and English-speakers—within the British Isles, as English was yet to emerge as a major export commodity—had to decide, “voting” with their palates and their pens, which would remain in circulation and which were to be relegated to obsolescence."