Define the word mastication"Mastication" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Mastication \Mas`ti*ca"tion\, n. [L. masticatio: cf. F.
mastication.]
The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food.
[1913 Webster]
Mastication is a necessary preparation of solid
aliment, without which there can be no good digestion.
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
"mastication" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
mastication
n : biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft
enough to swallow [syn: chew, chewing, manduction]
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