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    PLOSIVE CONSONANT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing itplay

    Example:

    his stop consonants are too aspirated

    Synonyms:

    occlusive; plosive; plosive consonant; plosive speech sound; stop; stop consonant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("plosive consonant" is a kind of...):

    obstruent (a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth)

    Meronyms (parts of "plosive consonant"):

    implosion (the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant)

    explosion; plosion (the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plosive consonant"):

    labial stop (a stop consonant that is produced with the lips)

    glottal catch; glottal plosive; glottal stop (a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel)

    click; suction stop (a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu))

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