- alveolar - pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
 
- alveolar - pertaining to the alveolar ridge; "alveolar consonant"
 
- alveolar - pertaining to the alveolar ridge; "alveolar consonant"
- alveolar consonant, dental consonant, alveolar - a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
 --1 is a kind of consonant