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Roof of the mouth   /ruf əv ðə maʊθ/   Listen
Roof of the mouth

noun
1.
The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.  Synonym: palate.





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"Roof of the mouth" Quotes from Famous Books



... hound in the leash, could note a slight accentuation in the perfect English spoken by Ooma. There was just a suspicion of the liquid "r" so strongly marked in Jiro's utterance. What an uncanny thing is heredity! It even alters the shape of the roof of the mouth. The Japanese of English descent could necessarily pronounce English better ...
— The Stowmarket Mystery - Or, A Legacy of Hate • Louis Tracy


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