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    SHWA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllablesplay

    Synonyms:

    schwa; shwa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("shwa" is a kind of...):

    vowel; vowel sound (a speech sound made with the vocal tract open)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shwa"):

    murmur; murmur vowel (a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant)

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