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Noun: oral consonant
  1. A consonant sound in speech that is made by allowing air to escape from the mouth, as opposed to the nose.
    "That is, especially within complex units, there may not be enough time to articulate a nasal at one point of articulation and an oral consonant at another."

Type of: consonant

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