| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; |
| 2. | (Mus.) Furnished with lips; | |
| 3. | (Phonetics) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w. | |
| 4. | (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the labium; | |
| n. | 1. | (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as |
| 2. | (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe. | |
| 3. | (Zool.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile. |
| Noun | 1. | labial - a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips Synonyms: labial consonant |
| Adj. | 1. | labial - of or relating to the lips of the mouth; "labial stops" |
| 2. | labial - relating to or near the female labium |
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