mastication : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mastication	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mastication
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mastication n biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow Synonym(s): chew, chewing, mastication, manduction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mastication \Mas`tica"tion\, n. [L. masticatio: cf. F. mastication.] The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food. Mastication* is a necessary preparation of solid aliment, without which there can be no good digestion. --Arbuthnot.