velar
English Thesaurus
1. a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | consonant, |
| definition | : | a speech sound that is not a vowel (noun.communication) |
2. produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing') (adj.all)
| similar | : | hard, |
| definition | : | (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum (adj.all) |
3. of or relating to the velum (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | soft palate, velum, |
| definition | : | a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | soft palate, velum, |
| definition | : | a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking (noun.body) |
| pertainym | : | soft palate, velum, |
| definition | : | a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | soft palate, velum, |
| definition | : | a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking (noun.body) |
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