Surd - Definition
surd
adj 1: produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced
consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'" [syn: unvoiced,
voiceless, surd, hard] [ant: soft, sonant,
voiced]
n 1: a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
[syn: surd, voiceless consonant]