Consonant

  • 121dental consonant — noun a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge • Syn: ↑alveolar consonant, ↑alveolar, ↑dental • Derivationally related forms: ↑alveolar (for: ↑alveolar) …

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  • 122fricative consonant — noun a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract • Syn: ↑fricative, ↑spirant • Hypernyms: ↑continuant consonant, ↑continuant • Hyponyms: ↑sibilant, ↑ …

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  • 123guttural consonant — noun a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat • Syn: ↑guttural, ↑pharyngeal, ↑pharyngeal consonant • Derivationally related forms: ↑guttural (for: ↑guttural) …

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  • 124pharyngeal consonant — noun a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat • Syn: ↑guttural, ↑guttural consonant, ↑pharyngeal • Derivationally related forms: ↑guttural (for: ↑guttural) …

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  • 125stop consonant — noun a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it his stop consonants are too aspirated • Syn: ↑stop, ↑occlusive, ↑plosive consonant, ↑plosive speech sound, ↑plosive • Ant: ↑ …

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  • 126double consonant — noun 1. : a consonant letter occurring twice in succession in a word (as nn in tunnel) 2. a. : an acoustic impression apprehended or functioning as two consonants, produced by prolonging an articulation (as of s in bus seat), by repeating an… …

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  • 127be consonant with something — very formal phrase to agree with something His views are not consonant with my own. Thesaurus: to be similar to, or the same as, something or someonesynonym Main entry: consonant …

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  • 128Open consonant — Open O pen, a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan, Icel. opinn, Sw. [ o]ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up. Cf. {Up}, and {Ope}.] 1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or… …

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