velar
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate
Types & categories
- consonant hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
of or relating to the velum
Related & opposite
- soft palate derivation
- soft palate pertains to
Sense 3 adjective
produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing')
Related & opposite
- hard similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | consonant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | soft palate |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | soft palate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | hard |