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Definitions of sonant
  1. adjective
    produced with vibration of the vocal cords
    "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'"

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  2. noun
    a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords

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Definition that contains sonant
  • stop a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
  • prepare lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord
  • noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
  • ringing having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
  • crash a loud resonant repeating noise
  • boom make a resonant sound, like artillery
  • explosion the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
  • explode cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
  • dull not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
  • liquid a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
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