Alveolar Definition

ăl-vēə-lər
adjective
Of or like an alveolus or the alveoli; socketlike.
Webster's New World
Relating to the part of the jaws containing the sockets of the teeth.
Webster's New World
Designating the ridge of the gums behind the upper front teeth.
Webster's New World
Formed with the tip of the tongue touching or near the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth, as the English (t), (d), and (s).
American Heritage
Relating to the air pockets in the lungs.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
An alveolar sound.
Webster's New World

(linguistics) An alveolar consonant.

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Other Word Forms of Alveolar

Noun

Singular:
alveolar
Plural:
alveolars

Origin of Alveolar

Alveolar Sentence Examples

  • The alveolar sound is frequent also in the languages of India, which possess both this and the dental sound.

  • The difference in formation between s and s is that the former is dental or alveolar, the latter is produced farther back and has .at least two varieties.

  • The sound was that of the unvoiced dental stop. The English t, however, is not dental but alveolar, being pronounced, as d also, not by putting the tongue against the teeth but against their sockets.

  • This difference is marked in the phonetic differentiation of the dental and the alveolar t by writing them respectively t and t.

  • Associated with this is the strength and sharpness of the lower jaw, the prominence and anterior pcsition of the masseteric ridge, and the depth of the ramus from the alveolar line to the angle.

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Words Starting With

AALALV

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