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Plosive

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Noun

1. occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

Example Sentences:
'his stop consonants are too aspirated'

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Plosive

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adjective
1. 
articulated with or accompanied by plosion
noun
2. 
a plosive consonant; stop

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Plosive

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adjective Phonetics
1. 
produced by the complete stoppage and sudden release of the breath, as the sounds of (p), (b), and (t)
noun
2. 
a plosive sound; stop

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Plosive

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adj.
Of, relating to, or being a speech sound produced by complete closure of the oral passage and subsequent release accompanied by a burst of air, as in the sound (p) in pit or (d) in dog.
n.
A plosive speech sound.

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