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retroflex

/'r/E/tr/@/,fl/E/ks/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. bent or curved backward

    adj.all

    Synonyms retroflexed

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

    adj.all

    Synonyms cacuminal

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. bend or turn backward

    verb.motion

    Synonyms replicate

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate

    verb.communication

    Examples
    Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

retrochoirretrocopulantretrocopulationretroductionretrofitretroflectionretroflexedretroflexionretrofractretrogenerativeretrogradationretrograde

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