FRICATIVE
fricative
Noun
- Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. English /f/ and /s/ are fricatives.
Adjective
- produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
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