mastication
/mæstɪˈkeɪʃən/
mastication noun: the process of chewing.
Noun
mastication (countable and uncountable, plural mastications)
- The process of chewing.
- “It is no more blasphemous than that thing which is swiping our meat,” I replied, for whatever the thing was, it had leaped upon our deer and was devouring it in great mouthfuls which it swallowed without mastication. The creature appeared to be a great lizard at least ten feet high, with a huge...1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Hugo Gernsback, editor...
- The process of crushing as though chewed.
mastication meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
mastication in Tamil
- மெல்லல், மெல்லுதல்
mastication in Urdu
- چاب, چبائی
mastication in Bengali
- চিবানোর প্রক্রিয়া
Forms of mastication
| plural | mastications |
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Origin of mastication
From Late Latin masticātiō, equivalent to masticate + -ion.
Words formed from mastication
Phrases with mastication
Words that rhyme with mastication
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about mastication
- What does mastication mean?
- Mastication means the process of chewing.
- What is mastication in Tamil?
- Mastication in Tamil is மெல்லல், மெல்லுதல். See Mastication meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mastication?
- Mastication is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mastication?
- Mastication is pronounced /mæstɪˈkeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of mastication?
- The plural of mastication is mastications.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mastication (page history and authors); mastication (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mastication (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mastication (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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