velar

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to the velum (synset 302907944)
  2. 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') (synset 301160257)
    similar to: hard - (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
Noun
  1. A consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (synset 107134733)
    is a type of: consonant - a speech sound that is not a vowel
    same as: velar consonant

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