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Meaning of obstruent

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

obstruent

noun

Definitions

  1. A consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; a plosive, fricative or affricate.

    Antonyms:sonorant

  2. Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Causing obstruction; blocking up.

    Example: an obstruent medicine

    Synonyms:hindering
Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obstruent

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