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Webster 1913 Edition


Obstruent

Ob′stru-ent

,
Adj.
[L.
obstruens
, p. pr. of
obstruere
. See
Obstruct
.]
Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering;
as, an
obstruent
medicine
.
Johnson.

Ob′stru-ent

,
Noun.
Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body;
as, a medicine which acts as an
obstruent
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Obstruent

OB'STRUENT

,
Adj.
[L. obstruens.] Blocking up; hindering.

OB'STRUENT

,
Noun.
Any thing that obstructs the natural passages in the body.

Definition 2024


obstruent

obstruent

English

Adjective

obstruent (comparative more obstruent, superlative most obstruent)

  1. Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering.
    an obstruent medicine

Noun

obstruent (plural obstruents)

  1. (phonetics) a consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; the generic term of plosive, fricative and affricate

Translations


French

Verb

obstruent

  1. third-person plural present indicative of obstruer
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of obstruer

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

obstruent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of obstruō