1. involving both lips
Usage: phonetics

1. a speech sound made with both lips
Usage: phonetics

Examples

• The letter ‘p’ represents a bilabial consonant.
• Both ‘b’ and ‘m’ are bilabial sounds.
• Students practiced pronouncing bilabial phonemes.
• The bilabial /p/ is made by closing both lips.
• English has several bilabial consonants including /b/, /p/, and /m/.
• The linguist explained how bilabials are articulated.