vowels

Definition:

n. a speech sound made with the vocal tract open; a letter such as a or e or i or o or u and sometimes y in the English alphabet

Sentence:

This word has three vowels.

More example sentences:

This word has three vowels.

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Rosella discovered that words with long vowels made what kind of stones?

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The teacher used a macron to point out long vowels.

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Vocalic sounds include the vowels and liquids.

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There are more consonants than vowels in the English alphabet.

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Why did the vowels tend to be smug and stuck up?

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Synonyms:

letter; alphabeticcharacter; speech sound

Antonyms:

consonant

Vowels rhymes:

• One Syllable Rhymes
  • bowels
  • cowls
  • fouls
  • fowls
  • growls
  • howls
  • jowls
  • owls
  • scowls
  • sprouls
  • sprowls
  • towels
  • towle's
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• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • bowels
  • cowles
  • dowels
  • fowles
  • howell's
  • howells
  • nowels
  • powles
  • towels
  • vowles