obstruent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: obstruent	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for obstruent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obstruent n a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obstruent \Ob"struent\, a. [L. obstruens, p. pr. of obstruere. See {Obstruct}.] Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent* medicine. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obstruent \Ob"stru*ent\, n. Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as an obstruent.