Defenition of the word plosive

• Defenition of the word plosive

  • produced by complete closure of the oral passage and subsequent release with a burst of air (as `p' and `d' in `pit' or `dog')
  • 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"
  • produced by complete closure of the oral passage and subsequent release with a burst of air (as `p'' and `d'' in `pit'' or `dog'')
  • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

Synonyms for the word plosive

• • occlusive
  • plosive consonant
  • plosive speech sound
  • stop
  • stop consonant

Similar words in the plosive

• • hard

Meronymys for the word plosive

• • explosion
  • implosion
  • plosion

Hyponyms for the word plosive

• • click
  • glottal catch
  • glottal plosive
  • glottal stop
  • labial stop
  • suction stop

Hypernyms for the word plosive

• • consonant
  • obstruent

Antonyms for the word plosive

• • continuant
  • continuant consonant

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