obstruent adjective & noun.
['ɒbstrʊǝnt] M17.[Latin obstruent- pres. ppl stem of obstruere: see OBSTRUCT, -ENT.]A. noun.
1. An obstruction.
M17.■ Sloan Wilson Some obstruent to clear away.2. Medicine. A medicine or substance which closes the natural passages or pores of the body.
M17-L19.3. 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. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲