unrounded
Lacking curved edges
Unrounded describes vowels pronounced without the lips forming a circular shape.
In phonetics, sounds like the vowels in see or cat are unrounded, while those in boot or go are rounded.
Outside linguistics, unrounded simply means not made round or lacking rounded edges: unrounded corners, unrounded estimates.
To distribute widely
tongue · palatal · alveolar · postalveolar · velar · uvular · pharyngeal · glottal
Notable difference between things
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- phonemicRelating to speech sounds
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- neutralizationCanceling opposing forces
feature · marking · unmarked · opposition · complementary · free variation · underlying · surface
front
Forward-facing side
tense · lax · mid · low · back · central · monophthong · diphthong · oral · nasal
spread
To distribute widely
labial · tongue · palatal · alveolar · postalveolar · velar · uvular · pharyngeal · glottal · position
contrast
Notable difference between things
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- phonemicRelating to speech sounds
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
neutralization · feature · marking · unmarked · opposition · complementary · free variation · underlying · surface · assimilation
unroundedrounded
Having no sharp angles
rounded off · approximated · estimated · rounded up · rounded down
round, rounded, rounds, rounding, roundness, rounded vowels, roundly, rounder