obstruent
Noun
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A consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth (synset 107130392)
is a type of: consonant - a speech sound that is not a vowelsubtypes:
- 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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