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English noun: plosive | |||
| 1. | plosive (communication) a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | ||
| Samples | His stop consonants are too aspirated. | ||
| Synonyms | occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | obstruent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | click, glottal catch, glottal plosive, glottal stop, labial stop, suction stop | ||
| Part holonym | explosion, implosion, plosion | ||
| Antonyms | continuant, continuant consonant | ||
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