Alveolar

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alveolar \Al"ve*o*lar\ (?; 277), a. [L. alveolus a small hollow
     or cavity: cf. F. alv['e]olaire.] (Anat.)
     1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells,
        sacs, or sockets.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Phon.) Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing
        against the alveolar processes of the upper front teeth.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     {Alveolar processes}, the processes of the maxillary bones,
        containing the sockets of the teeth.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  alveolar
       adj 1: pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
       2: pertaining to the alveolar ridge; "alveolar consonant"
       n : a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the
           gum ridge [syn: {alveolar consonant}, {dental consonant}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  99 Moby Thesaurus words for "alveolar":
     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