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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Affricate

/ăf'-rək-ət/ · Af·fri·cate · IPA /ˈæf.ɹɪ.keɪt/
01 n. A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in germa…
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    A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.(Phon.)