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pate

[peyt] / peɪt /
NOUN
head
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Shekoh Confections – Master Chocolatier Shekoh Moossavi creates hand-painted bonbons, sea-salt caramels and pate de fruits inspired by Persian heritage and French technique.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2025

With his bald pate, dark-framed glasses and knowing demeanor, he has become one of the foremost chroniclers of the world’s media barons and Manhattan potentates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

The bread was thin and appropriately crumbly, the pate a nice thick schmear and the jalapeño provided quite a kick.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024

Nebbishy to the ninth, Paul trudges through the movie leading with his shiny white pate and enormous glasses, often wearing a parka whose gray fur lining might be an extension of his beard.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023

His hair makes a curly fringe around his shining pate.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz