consonant

Definitions

1. A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.
2. A letter representing the sound of a consonant.

Equivalents

Examples

“Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.”

““Tell⟳ me, has right anything to do with the law?” I asked. “You have⟳ used the wrong initial consonant,” he smiled in answer⟳. “Might?” I queried; and he nodded his head.”

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