consonant
noun/ˈkɑnsənənt/
Frequency rank: #11,866 most common English word
Meaning
a speech sound or letter that is not a vowel, produced by partly or fully blocking airflow through the mouth.
Example sentence
The letter 'b' is consonant found at the beginning of many English words.
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