vowels

1. Letters of the alphabet that generally stand for sounds made with an open or partially open mouth: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y (as in style ). ( Compare consonants .)

Example Sentences

But the kids, with the exception of some open vowels here and there, sounded like pretty generic young Americans.

From Los Angeles Times

“I also make audio files on Dropbox for each of them where I teach them their parts, such as how to get the notes and make the vowels.”

From Los Angeles Times

Investment firm Abrdn will add the vowels back into its name after dropping them in a rebrand that was widely mocked.

From BBC

He’d make up fake s—, just syllables and vowels, like songwriters do.

From Los Angeles Times

Her characters would crash down on consonants, as though landing a plane in the midst of an engine blowout or stretch out vowels in defiance of several laws of physics.

From Los Angeles Times