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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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 • Feb. 1, 2024

If you run your tongue along the roof of your mouth, you’ll notice that the hard palate ends in the posterior oral cavity, and the tissue becomes fleshier.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The hard palate is the bony plate that forms the roof of the mouth and floor of the nasal cavity, separating the oral and nasal cavities.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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

From Time Magazine Archive

It should, as the phrase goes, be directed against the hard palate just above the front teeth.

From The Mechanism of the Human Voice by Behnke, Emil