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alveolar   (TTS Sound)

The noun alveolar has 1 sense

• alveolar consonant, dental consonant, alveolar, dental -- (a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge)

The adj alveolar has 2 senses

• alveolar -- (pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs)


• alveolar -- (pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw; "alveolar processes")