Defenition of the word occlusive
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Defenition of the word occlusive
- tending to occlude
- a consonant produced by stopping air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"
- a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"
- a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
Synonyms for the word occlusive
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- plosive
- plosive consonant
- plosive speech sound
- stop
- stop consonant
Meronymys for the word occlusive
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- explosion
- implosion
- plosion
Hyponyms for the word occlusive
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- click
- glottal catch
- glottal plosive
- glottal stop
- labial stop
- suction stop
Hypernyms for the word occlusive
Antonyms for the word occlusive
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- continuant
- continuant consonant
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