Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Obstruent \Ob"stru*ent\, a. [L. obstruens, p. pr. of obstruere.
See Obstruct.]
Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent
medicine. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Obstruent \Ob"stru*ent\, n.
Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which
obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which
acts as an obstruent.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
obstruent
n 1: a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete
blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or
mouth