Definitions for coronal

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coronal cor·o·nal

Spelling: [noun kawr-uh-nl, kor-;

IPA: /noun ˈkɔr ə nl, ˈkɒr-; adjective kəˈroʊn l, ˈkɔr ə nl, ˈkɒr-/

Coronal is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in coronal (aclnoor).

Definitions for coronal

noun

1. a crown; coronet.
2. a garland.

adjective

1. of or relating to a coronal.
2. Anatomy. of or relating to a corona. (of a plane along the long axis of the body) lying in the direction of the coronal suture. Also, frontal. lying in the direction of the frontal plane.
3. Phonetics. (of a speech sound) articulated with the tip of the tongue, especially in a retroflex position.
4. Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) articulated with the blade of the tongue raised; dental, alveolar, or palato-alveolar.
5. of or relating to the tip of the tongue.

Origin of coronal

1300-50; Middle English Latin corōnālis, equivalent to Latin corōn(a) crown + -ālis -al¹

Examples for coronal

“I may go with the launch, after all, but not to coronal,” he remarked.

A saucy apprentice is holding over the amorous pair a coronal, not of orange-blossom but of sausages!

Slowly she raised her arms, wound the floating tresses into a coronal.

The tendency of the coronal region is upward, that of the basilar downward.

Osculum twice as broad as the central chamber, surrounded by a coronal of strong conical teeth, twice as long as its diameter.

He encircled his gadding hair with a coronal of vineleaves, smiling at Vincent.

It should be dogwood, Audrey, like the coronal you wore on May Day.

I have given thee a coronal of pain and made thee rich with loss and desire.

But the cacique with the coronal asked intelligent questions.

Upon Hipparete he bestowed a coronal of violets, regarded by the proud Athenians as their own peculiar flower.