See Also: obstruent(medicine)
obstruent(dictionary)

obstruent (iou)



obstruent adjective & noun. M17.
[Latin obstruent- pres. ppl stem of obstruere: see OBSTRUCT, -ENT.]
A. noun.
An obstruction. M17.
Sloan Wilson Some obstruent to clear away.
Medicine. A medicine or substance which closes the natural passages or pores of the body. M17-L19.
Phonetics. A fricative or plosive speech sound. M20.
N. Chomsky If the second consonant is a liquid, the first must be an obstruent.
b. adjective. = OBSTRUCTIVE adjective 1. M18.
J. Wainwright The object..was to demolish any obstruent bushel likely to get in the way of his..light.