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affricative

noun

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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11
Starts with
A
Ends with
E
Contains
FF
Scrabble score
22

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noun

  1. 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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