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Definition of guttural adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

guttural

adjective
 
/ˈɡʌtərəl/
 
/ˈɡʌtərəl/
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  1. (of a sound) made or seeming to be made at the back of the throat
    • guttural consonants
    • a low guttural growl
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGuttural is used with these nouns:
    • growl
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, or from medieval Latin gutturalis, from Latin guttur ‘throat’.
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