hard palate

American  

[hahrd pal-it] / ˈhɑrd ˈpæl ɪt /

noun

1. Anatomy. the bony portion of the palate, forming the front part of the roof of the mouth and extending back to the soft palate.

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hard palate British  

noun

1. the anterior bony portion of the roof of the mouth, extending backwards to the soft palate

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hard palate Scientific  

1. See under palate

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hard palate

For example, the consonant "da," which is produced by touching the tongue to the hard palate behind the teeth, is needed to produce the word dog.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024

The maxilla also forms the larger anterior portion of the hard palate, which is completed by the smaller palatine bones that form the posterior portion of the hard palate.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Thus, the palatine bones are best seen in an inferior view of the skull and hard palate.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The fourth traveled from a point under the right nostril into the hard palate.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is, for example, no clear evidence that the breath can be directed toward the hard palate in the neighborhood of the teeth, as the drawings sometimes published would indicate.

From Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) by Wesley Mills