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OBSTRUENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("obstruent" is a kind of...):
consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "obstruent"):
occlusive; plosive; plosive consonant; plosive speech sound; stop; stop consonant (a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it)
continuant; continuant consonant (consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract)
affricate; affricate consonant; affricative (a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as 'ch' in 'chair' and 'j' in 'joy'))
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