[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Phonetics.(in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs ( consonant ).(in a syllable) the sound of greatest sonority, asiingrill.Compare consonant(def1b) consonant(def1b).(in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with consonant, as the (?) ofbe(b?),we(w?), andyeast(y?st).", "(in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs ( consonant ).", "(in a syllable) the sound of greatest sonority, asiingrill.Compare consonant(def1b) consonant(def1b).", "(in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with consonant, as the (?) ofbe(b?),we(w?), andyeast(y?st).", "a letter representing or usually representing a vowel, as, in English,a, e, i, o, u,and sometimeswandy."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["of or relating to a vowel."]}]