WordNet
roof of the mouth
n. the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities [syn: palate]
Usage examples of "roof of the mouth".
He grabbed the knife off the floor, ramming it up beneath his enemy's chin, through the tongue, through the roof of the mouth, into the brain.
Something sharp sheared right up through the roof of the mouth into the brain.
The horn-handle of a gutting knife jutted from beneath his chin, the long blade passing through the roof of the mouth into the brain.