obstruent
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obstruent (comparative more obstruent, superlative most obstruent)
- Causing obstruction; blocking up.
- Synonym: hindering
- an obstruent medicine
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obstruent (plural obstruents)
- (phonetics) A consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; a plosive, fricative, or affricate.
- Antonym: sonorant
- Hypernym: consonant
- Hyponyms: plosive, fricative, affricate
- Coordinate term: continuant
- (medicine) Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body.
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consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway
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