soundsegment
nounUK /ˈsaʊnd ˌsɛɡmənt/
US /ˈsaʊnd ˌsɛɡmənt/
A sound segment is a small piece of spoken sound that you can hear by itself.
The teacher clapped once for each sound segment in the word 'cat'.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A short recorded piece of audio used in editing or broadcasting.
The editor cut a sound segment from the interview for the news.
3. A distinct portion of a longer sound or noise.
Scientists studied a sound segment of the whale's song.
4. A part of a word separated by sound rather than spelling.
Children learn to blend each sound segment to read new words.