continuant
adjective
1. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Similar word(s): soft, fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident
Sentences with continuant as an adjective:
- a continuant sound
noun
1. consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
Definition categories: communication, obstruent