Thesaurus: fricative

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1. a. Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc.
2. n. A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-206, etc.
3. adj. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)
4. n. a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
5. Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc. -- n. A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 197-206, etc.
6. Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonatedor unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouthorgans; uttered through a close approach, but not with a completeclosure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of beingcontinued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f,v, s, z, etc.-- n.
7. n:100 s. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')