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Definition of: velar
(vē′lər) adjective
1. Of or pertaining to a velum, especially the soft palate.
2. Phonet. Formed with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate, as (k) in cool, (g) in go.
—noun Phonet. A velar sound. [<L velaris <velum sail, curtain]
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