SpirantWordNet Explorer

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

(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')

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

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

a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)