Alveolar

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to an alveolus.
  • adj. Anatomy Relating to the jaw section containing the tooth sockets: the alveolar ridge.
  • adj. Anatomy Relating to the alveoli of the lungs.
  • adj. Linguistics 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).
  • n. Linguistics An alveolar sound.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, or relating to an alveolus
  • adj. Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets
  • adj. Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs
  • adj. Formed with the tip of the tongue touching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth
  • n. An alveolar consonant
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.
  • adj. Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing against the alveolar processes of the upper front teeth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Containing or pertaining to a socket, cell, or pit. An equivalent form is alveolary.
  • Superior, a branch of the internal maxillary artery supplying the teeth of the upper jaw and adjacent structures.
  • n. In phonetics, formed or articulated by bringing the tip of the tongue into contact with the alveolar point of the upper front teeth, as the consonants t, d, n, l.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
  • n. a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
  • adj. pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw
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