roof of the mouth

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Noun

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roof of the mouth - the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities palate mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud - an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue soft palate, velum - a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking hard palate - the bony part of the roof of the mouth surface - the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface"