Words: post-alveolar postalveolar post-alveolar consonant postalveolar consonant
Part of speech: n
Definition: (phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
Example: The sibilant postalveolars (i.e. fricatives and affricates) are sometimes called "hush consonants" because they include the sound of English Shhh! (as distinguished from the "hiss consonant" [s], as in Ssss!).