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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow;
[syn: chew, chewing, mastication, manduction]


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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mastication n 1: biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow [syn: chew, chewing, mastication, manduction]