mastication

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Noun mastication has 1 sense

chew, chewing, mastication, manduction - biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
--₁ is a kind of change of state
--₁ is a part of eating, feeding
--₁ has particulars: chomping; mumbling, gumming; rumination
Derived form: verb masticate₂

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