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 called linguadental.
  • 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 the tongue
  • adjective linguistics, of a sound Produced with the tongue touching the teeth

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