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LABIAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips

Synonyms:

labial; labial consonant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("labial" is a kind of...):

consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "labial"):

bilabial (a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/)

labial stop (a stop consonant that is produced with the lips)

Derivation:

labial (of or relating to the lips of the mouth)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or near the female labium

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

labium (a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the lips of the mouth

Example:

labial stops

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

lip (either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking)

Derivation:

labial (a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips)

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