fricative

9 letters · noun · scores 2,600 in SpellHuntr

noun

a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

adjective

of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

Fricative in a sentence

Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing.

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