| NOUN | communication | obstruent | a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth |
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| Meaning | A consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth. | |
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| Narrower | affricate, affricate consonant, affricative | A composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as 'ch' in 'chair / chair / chair / chair' and 'j' in 'joy / joy') |
| continuant consonant, continuant | consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract | |
| stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive | A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | |
| Broader | consonant | A speech sound that is not a vowel |
| Spanish | consonante obstruyente | |
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