Guttural

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to the throat.
  • adj. Having a harsh grating quality, as certain sounds produced in the back of the mouth.
  • adj. Linguistics Velar.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Sounding harsh and throaty.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.
  • n. A harsh and throaty spoken sound
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat.
  • n. A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in or as in the throat: as, the guttural (superior thyroid) artery; a guttural sound; guttural speech.
  • n. A sound or combination of sounds pronounced in the throat, or in the back part of the mouth toward the throat, as k; any guttural sound or utterance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
  • adj. relating to or articulated in the throat
  • adj. like the sounds of frogs and crows
  • Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    consonant   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    throat    thick    throaty   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hoarse    throaty    husky    inarticulate    raucous    sibilant    rasp    audible    gruff    harsh