vowel sound
a speech sound made with the vocal tract open (Freq. 1) • Syn: vowel • Ant: consonant (for: vowel) • Derivationally related forms: vocalic (for: vowel), vowelize (for: vowel) • Hypernyms: phone, speech sound, sound • Hyponyms: ablaut, diphthong, schwa, shwa, stem vowel, thematic vowel
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