Definition that contains vowel sound
- tense pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
- lax pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
- diphthong a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
- assonant having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
- assonate correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance
- nonsyllabic not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)
- unsyllabic not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)
- assonant having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables
- vowellike having characteristics of a vowel sound