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consonant

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consonant (plural consonants)

(phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.
A letter representing the sound of a consonant.
The 19 unquestionable consonants in the English alphabet are B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z.
- 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619 ↗:
  Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.

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consonant

Characterized by harmony or agreement.
- Each one pretends that his opinion […] is consonant to the words there used.
- That where much is given shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity.
- 1946, United States Supreme Court, Pennekamp v. Florida 328 U.S. 331,334
  This essential right of the courts to be free of intimidation and coercion was held to be consonant with a recognition that freedom of the press must be allowed in the broadest scope compatible with the supremacy of order.
Having the same sound.
- consonant words and syllables
(music) Harmonizing together; accordant.
consonant tones; consonant chords
Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
- No Russian whose dissonant consonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.

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