The Only Use of
consonant
in
Fahrenheit 451
- A special spot-wavex-scrambler also caused his televised image, in the area immediately about his lips, to mouth the vowels and consonants beautifully.
p. 61.4consonants = speech sounds that are not vowelseditor's notes: On standardized tests, you are more likely to see a very different sense of consonant which means "in keeping with; or in harmony with" as in "Her behavior was consonant with her beliefs."
Definitions:
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(1)
(consonant as in: consonant or vowel?) a letter of the alphabet (or a speech sound) that is not a vowel
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(2)
(consonant as in: in consonance with) in keeping with (or consistent with, or in harmony with)