fricative

Noun
  1. A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract (synset 107133262)
    is a type of: continuant, continuant consonant - consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
    subtypes: sibilant, sibilant consonant - a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
    same as: fricative consonant, spirant
Adjective
  1. Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') (synset 301160686)
    similar to: soft - (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')
    same as: continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident

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