obstruent
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1. a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | consonant, |
| definition | : | a speech sound that is not a vowel (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | affricate, affricate consonant, affricative, |
| definition | : | a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') (noun.communication) |
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