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consonant

About 3.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the nucleus of a syllable, the nucleus generally being a vowel.
  2. noun A letter representing the sound of a consonant.
  3. adjective Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.
  4. adjective Having the same sound.
  5. adjective Harmonizing together; accordant.
    consonant tones; consonant chords
  6. adjective Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

Similar words

harmonized harmonious harmonical conformable harmonic concordant accordant consistent agreeable in accord

Often followed by

with to sounds clusters and is in of cluster

Word family

consonantly consonants

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