Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Formed between the teeth and the tongue: said especially of the two th sounds of thin and this, less properly of the sounds generally called
dental (which see). Also calledlinguadental . - noun A consonant formed between the teeth and the tongue.
- noun Less properly dentolingual.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
teeth and thetongue - adjective linguistics, of a sound Produced with the tongue touching the teeth
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