The Collaborative International Dictionary
Voiceless stop
Voiceless \Voice"less\, a.
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Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
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(Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd.
Voiceless stop (Phon.), a consonant made with no audible sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a surd mute, as p, t, k. [1913 Webster] -- Voice"less*ly, adv. -- Voice"less*ness, n.