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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Example Sentences

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

Camels have a hard palate at the tops of their mouths, says Alex Warnock, the Arizonian who owns the camels in the video.

From National Geographic

Most likely it was cancer that had migrated from some original tumor elsewhere in the head, possibly in my tonsils or hard palate.

From Washington Post

They can be found within the “mucosa” of your cheeks, lips, soft palate, hard palate, the floor of your mouth and even your throat.

From Washington Post

He used to confine his eating to soups that would be less likely than other foods to get clogged in the hole in his hard palate.

From Washington Times