vowel (n)
vowel sound (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
Outgoing links
Hypernym phone, speech sound, sound
Derivationally related form vowel → vocalic; vowel → vocalic
Derivationally related form vowel → vowelize
Antonym vowel → consonant
Hyponym ablaut; diphthong; schwa, shwa; stem vowel, thematic vowel
Incoming links
Derivationally related form vocalic → vowel; vocalic → vowel
Pertainym (pertains to noun) vocalic → vowel
Hyponym phone, speech sound, sound
Hypernym ablaut; diphthong; schwa, shwa; stem vowel, thematic vowel
Antonym consonant → vowel
Derivationally related form vowelize → vowel

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