obstruent

Definitions of obstruent

1. noun

   a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth
   types:

   occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant

   a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

   continuant, continuant consonant

   consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract

   affricate, affricate consonant, affricative

   a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')

   labial stop

   a stop consonant that is produced with the lips

   glottal catch, glottal plosive, glottal stop

   a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel

   click, suction stop

   a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)

   fricative, fricative consonant, spirant

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

   type of:

   consonant

   a speech sound that is not a vowel