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masticatory

/ˌmasˈtɪk.eɪ.tər.i/US/mæˈstɪk.əˌtɔr.i/

masticatory noun: something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva.

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...

Adjective

masticatory (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to mastication.
  2. Used for chewing.

masticatory meaning in Tamil and Bengali

masticatory in Tamil

அசையீட்டு மருந்து

masticatory in Bengali

চিবানো হয়, চর্বণ, চিবানো সংক্রান্ত, চিবানোর জন্য ব্যবহৃত

Forms of masticatory

pluralmasticatories

Origin of masticatory

From Latin mastico + -atory, the former borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I gnash the teeth”), from μάσταξ (mástax, “that with which one chews”).

Words formed from masticatory

Phrases with masticatory

Questions about masticatory

What does masticatory mean?
Masticatory means something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva.
What is masticatory in Tamil?
Masticatory in Tamil is அசையீட்டு மருந்து. See Masticatory meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is masticatory?
Masticatory can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce masticatory?
Masticatory is pronounced /ˌmasˈtɪk.eɪ.tər.i/ (UK).
What is the plural of masticatory?
The plural of masticatory is masticatories.

Words near masticatory in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: masticatory (page history and authors); masticatory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); masticatory (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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