'alveolar' definitions:
Definition of 'alveolar'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
adjective
Pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw; "alveolar processes"
noun
A consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge [syn: alveolar consonant, dental consonant, alveolar, dental]
Synonyms of 'alveolar'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accented,
- alveolate,
- apical,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- articulated,
- assimilated,
- back,
- barytone,
- bilabial,
- broad,
- cacuminal,
- central,
- cerebral,
- checked,
- close,
- consonant,
- consonantal,
- continuant,
- dental,
- dented,
- depressed,
- dimpled,
- dissimilated,
- dorsal,
- engraved,
- faveolate,
- flat,
- front,
- glide,
- glossal,
- glottal,
- guttural,
- hard,
- heavy,
- high,
- honeycombed,
- indented,
- intonated,
- labial,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- lateral,
- lax,
- light,
- lingual,
- liquid,
- low,
- mid,
- monophthongal,
- muted,
- narrow,
- nasal,
- nasalized,
- notched,
- occlusive,
- open,
- oxytone,
- palatal,
- palatalized,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngealized,
- phonemic,
- phonetic,
- phonic,
- pitch,
- pitched,
- pitted,
- pocked,
- pockmarked,
- posttonic,
- retroflex,
- rounded,
- semivowel,
- soft,
- sonant,
- stopped,
- stressed,
- strong,
- surd,
- syllabic,
- tense,
- thick,
- throaty,
- tonal,
- tonic,
- twangy,
- unaccented,
- unrounded,
- unstressed,
- velar,
- vocalic,
- vocoid,
- voiced,
- voiceless,
- vowel,
- vowellike,
- weak,
- wide