surd
a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords • Syn: voiceless consonant • Hypernyms: consonant
produced without vibration of the vocal cords - unvoiced consonants such as 'p' and 'k' and 's' • Syn: unvoiced, voiceless, hard • Ant: voiced (for: unvoiced) • Similar to: whispered • Derivationally related forms: voicelessness (for: voiceless)
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