mastication

mastication

mastication (plural mastications)

1. The process of chewing.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V

     ""It is 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.

2. The process of crushing as though chewed.

	masticazione
	The process by which food is crushed and ground by teeth.

Altri significati:

The process of crushing as though chewed.

The process of chewing.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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