NASALS Antonyms
Definition of NASALS
Best Opposite Words For NASALS
| Expand? | Word | Save? | Synonyms.. | Usage | Type | |||
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| stops | verbv | |||||||
noun • a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card | ||||||||
| voiced | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • produced with vibration of the vocal cords adjective satellite • communicated in words | ||||||||
| voiceless | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • produced without vibration of the vocal cords • deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote adjective satellite • uttered without voice • being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech | ||||||||
| affricates | nounn | |||||||
noun • a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') | ||||||||
| consonants | nounn | |||||||
noun • a speech sound that is not a vowel • a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant adjective satellite • involving or characterized by harmony • in keeping | ||||||||
| fricatives | nounn | |||||||
noun • a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract adjective satellite • of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') | ||||||||
| obstruents | nounn | |||||||
noun • a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth | ||||||||
| plosives | nounn | |||||||
noun • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | ||||||||
| vowels | nounn | |||||||
noun • a speech sound made with the vocal tract open • a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel | ||||||||
