consonant cluster

noun

consonant cluster

noun
1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences Two or more consonants in succession.

  • In the word “spare”, /sp/ is a consonant cluster.
  • The word "scrub" begins with the S-C-R consonant cluster.

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