A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology
n. 1. (also hard palate) The hard bony structure at the top of the roof of the mouth, just behind the alveolar ridge. 2. [now rare] A cover term for the palate (sense 1) and the velum taken together. Adj. palatal; CF palato-.
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