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Noun
- 1. affricate, affricate consonant, affricative, obstruent
- usage: a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
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Definition and meaning of affricative (Dictionary)