Adjective
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of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
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fricative,
continuant,
sibilant,
strident |
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soft not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting"
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Noun
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a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
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fricative consonant,
fricative |
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continuant,
continuant consonant consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
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