aspiration
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Is aspiration a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of aspiration?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.Examples: "In Cambodian, aspiration is phonemic, so /p/ and /pʰ/ are different phonemes."countableuncountable
2. (medicine) The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.countableuncountable
3. (French, linguistics) The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.Frenchcountableuncountable
4. (Gaelic, linguistics) The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.countableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary