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Noun: mastication  mas-ti'key-shun
  1. Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
    - chew, chewing, manduction

Derived forms: mastications

See also: masticate

Type of: change of state

Part of: eating, feeding

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