[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Phonetics.(in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing (p, b; t, d; k, g), diverting (m, n, ng), or obstructing (f, v; s, z, etc.) the flow of air from the lungs ( vowel ).(in a syllable) any sound other than the sound of greatest sonority in the syllable, asb, r,andginbrig( sonant ).Compare vowel(def1b) vowel(def1b).(in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with vowel, as thebofbe,thewofwe,they, s,andtofyeast,etc.", "(in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing (p, b; t, d; k, g), diverting (m, n, ng), or obstructing (f, v; s, z, etc.) the flow of air from the lungs ( vowel ).", "(in a syllable) any sound other than the sound of greatest sonority in the syllable, asb, r,andginbrig( sonant ).Compare vowel(def1b) vowel(def1b).", "(in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with vowel, as thebofbe,thewofwe,they, s,andtofyeast,etc.", "a letter that usually represents a consonant sound."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["in agreement; agreeable; in accord; consistent (usually followed bytoorwith):behavior consonant with his character.Synonyms: congruous , concordant", "corresponding in sound, as words.", "harmonious, as sounds.", "Music.constituting a consonance .Antonyms: dissonant", "Physics.noting or pertaining to sounds exhibiting consonance .", "consonantal ."]}]