surd

surd is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Net having the sense of hearing; deaf. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Net having the sense of hearing; deaf.
2. adjective. Unheard.
3. adjective. Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number.
4. adjective. Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180.
5. noun. A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, �2 is a surd.
6. noun. A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.
7. noun. a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
8. adjective. produced without vibration of the vocal cords

   "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

   Synonyms: hard, unvoiced, voiceless

Synonyms

hard, unvoiced, voiceless

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in surd:

urds

Common word forms

surds, surdity

Words from these letters

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