AFFRICATE CONSONANT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch” in `chair” and `j” in `joy”)
   Synonym(s)
   • affricate (what does affricate mean?)
   • affricative (what does affricative mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) affricate consonant is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • consonant (what does consonant mean?)