fricative consonant

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, spirant

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