mastication

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/mæstɪˈkeɪʃən/

Definition of mastication

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noun

(countable, uncountable)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, powerful tail as long as its torso, mighty hind legs and short forelegs.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)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, powerful tail as long as its torso, mighty hind legs and short forelegs.”
(countable, uncountable)The process of crushing as though chewed.

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From Late Latin masticātiō, equivalent to masticate + -ion.

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