Hyphenation of velar

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word velar? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ve-lar

Definitions of velar:

1.	A consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate
2.	Of or relating to the velum
3.	Produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing')

Synonyms of velar:

adj	flap
adj	hard

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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