Consonant is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CONSONANT in dictionary:

NOUN:
• any speech sound other than a vowel
• a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable.
• a letter representing a consonant.
• speech sound made by partially or completely blocking the breath stream
• An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound.
• a speech sound that is not a vowel
• a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
ADJECTIVE:
• consistent with
• denoting or relating to a consonant
• in agreement or harmony with
• making a harmonious interval or chord
• Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; -- usually followed by with or to.
• Having like sounds.
• harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords.
• Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
• involving or characterized by harmony
• in keeping
• agreeing (with)
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• being in agreement or harmony; free from elements making for discord

Words related to CONSONANT

consonantly16 consonants12

Words that contain CONSONANT

consonants12 consonantal13 consonantly16 inconsonant13 consonantally18 inconsonantly18 semiconsonant17 preconsonantal18 semiconsonants18 triconsonantal16 triconsonantic18 postconsonantal19

How to use CONSONANT in a sentence

• This was a wise step, consonant alike with English treaty-obligations to Japan and with the interests of European civilization.
• The language appears to want entirely the consonant sounds of f, l, r, v, and x.
• All this is just as true of a consonant as of a vowel.
• If this rule were carried out in every case, the sixteen consonant sounds would, it is evident, produce ninety-six characters.
• This plan of turning a cemetery into a field for the display of splendid marbles, is certainly not consonant with good taste.
• Add Christian faith to it, or add it, so far as is consonant, to Christian faith, and either is enriched.
• Lincoln was doubtless gratified that the Whigs had taken a position upon it so consonant with his own convictions.
• I should act in the manner most consonant with my own feelings if I at once, and without qualification, accepted your invitation.
• By the nasal close, also, an uninterrupted connection is assured between the consonant and the tone, even if the latter has to cease, apparently, for an instant.
• He did things not consonant with our ethics, belonging, in that sense, to his age, an age of diplomatic duplicity.
• When a consonant is introduced after a vowel sound, a momentary arrest is produced in the breath-flow, and this has its corresponding effect on the mind.
• So we see that in an accented syllable the consonant before a short vowel, as well as the consonant following it, receives part of the stress.
• The final consonant is changed to a consonant that can be easily pronounced before the consonant with which the following syllable begins.
• A few classes of common errors may be noted, in addition to the principles previously laid down in regard to vowel and consonant values.
• To do this he must begin with a consonant which offers the least resistance and practice it until the three points mentioned have been mastered.
• Joseph is frequently asleep, which is hardly consonant with the spirit of the older legends.
• Not a vowel could be added, not a consonant omitted.
• Similarly, there are hosts of related words in Chinese which differ in the initial consonant, the vowel, the tone, or in the presence or absence of a final consonant.
• Words have only one expressive portion, that is, the initial consonant.
• But to what degree of length may this initial vowel be carried? The representative figure of the consonant will indicate it.
• The whole secret of expression lies in the time we delay the articulation of the initial consonant.
• First place the consonant before the vowel, making the articulation the initial sound of the syllable.
• If it was to be tolerated at all in correct society, it must at least be danced in a deliberate manner, consonant with the dignity of the English character.
• It is not to be doubted, but that in the original pronunciation gh has the force of a consonant deeply guttural, which is still continued among the Scotch.
• For us, however, it is more convenient to distinguish the vowel and consonant sounds, and to write i and u for the former, j and v for the latter.
• After a consonant, i and u sometimes become j and v.
• This old myth is in many respects more consonant with the facts of nature than myths usually are.

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