obstruent – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
obstruent
adj.
obstructing; blocking or hindering passage in the body (Medicine); (Linguistics) made by blocking the passage of air through the mouth, occlusive (e.g. of the sound of the letters B and P); disruptive; inhibiting
n.
obstruction; substance which obstructs passage in the body (Medicine); (Linguistics) sound made by blocking the passage of air through the mouth, occlusive (e.g. sound of the letters B and P)
Obstruent
An
obstruent is a speech sound such as , , or that is formed by
obstructing airflow. Obstruents contrast with
sonorants, which have no such obstruction and therefore resonate. All obstruents are
consonants, whereas sonorants include
vowels and
consonants.
obstruer
v.
obstruct, block; stop up, choke
Obstruent
(n.)
Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as an obstruent.
(a.)
Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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