soft#3 (a)

a01156925

type a
lex_filenum 00
def (of speech sounds)
def produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate
def characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')
Outgoing links
Derivationally related form soft → softness
Antonym soft → hard
Similar to fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident; palatal, palatalized, palatalised
Incoming links
Antonym hard → soft
Similar to fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident; palatal, palatalized, palatalised
Derivationally related form softness → soft

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