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masticatories

masticatories is the plural of masticatory.

Meaning of masticatory

Noun

masticatory (plural masticatories)

  1. Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva.
    • Sneezing, masticatories, and nasals are generally received.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

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Questions about masticatories

What is masticatories the plural of?
Masticatories is the plural of masticatory.

Words near masticatories in the dictionary

  1. masticating
  2. mastication
  3. mastications
  4. masticator
  5. masticatoric
  6. masticatories
  7. masticators
  8. masticatory
  9. masticatory force
  10. masticatory forces
  11. mastich

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