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English noun: plosive consonant

1. plosive consonant (communication) a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it


SamplesHis stop consonants are too aspirated.


Synonymsocclusive, plosive, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant


Broader (hypernym)obstruent


Narrower (hyponym)click, glottal catch, glottal plosive, glottal stop, labial stop, suction stop


Part holonymexplosion, implosion, plosion


Antonymscontinuant, continuant consonant









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