Definition:
- (a.) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.
- (a.) Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.
- (a.) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.
- (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium.
- (n.) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.
- (n.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.
- (n.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
Compare labial with other words:
labial vs. labialism
labial vs. labially
labial vs. liplike
labial vs. labialize
labial vs. labiodental
labial vs. laryngeal
consonant vs. labial
coronal vs. labial
dorsal vs. labial
labial vs. mesial
canine vs. labial
incisor vs. labial
articulated vs. labial
labial vs. lip
labial vs. lingual
labial vs. radical
labia vs. labial