Dictionary Entry
retroflex
retroflex is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Alt. of Retroflexed. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Alt. of Retroflexed
- 2verb
articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate
"Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"
- 3verb
bend or turn backward
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- 4adjective
pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
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- 5adjective
bent or curved backward
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