mastication
English Thesaurus
1. biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | change of state, |
| definition | : | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | chomping, |
| definition | : | the act of chewing noisily (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | gumming, mumbling, |
| definition | : | ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | rumination, |
| definition | : | (of ruminants) chewing (the cud) (noun.act) |
| part meronym | : | eating, feeding, |
| definition | : | the act of consuming food (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | chewy, |
| definition | : | (of a consistency) requiring chewing (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | chewy, |
| definition | : | requiring much chewing (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | chewy, |
| definition | : | (of a consistency) requiring chewing (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | chewy, |
| definition | : | requiring much chewing (adj.all) |
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