Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The vowel sound in the English words cat and rack, usually represented by /æ/ or /a/. (The presence of a short vowel is sometimes signaled in spelling by the doubling of a consonant after it, such as in batting as contrasted with bating.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: phonics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: long a
noun
The vowel sound in the English words grass and castle when pronounced with a near-open front unrounded vowel (/æ/); associated with northern England accents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, especially
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: flat a
Antonyms: broad a, long a
History
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