vowel

vow*el

noun

{bc}one of a class of speech sounds in the articulation of which the oral part of the breath channel is not blocked and is not constricted enough to cause audible friction

vowel point

noun

{bc}a mark placed below or otherwise near a consonant in some languages (such as Hebrew) and representing the vowel sound that precedes or follows the consonant sound

vowel rhyme

noun

{bc}{sx|assonance||1b}

great vowel shift

noun

{bc}a change in pronunciation of the long vowels of Middle English that began in the 15th century and continued into the 16th century in which the high vowels were diphthongized and the other vowels were raised