surd (adj.)

  1. produced without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced consonants such as `p and `k and `s

    [ Syn: unvoiced , voiceless , hard ]

    surd (n.)

  1. a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords

    [ Syn: voiceless consonant ]

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