(In phonetics) produced by stopping the air in the speech passage and suddenly releasing it (such as the sounds of the consonants "b," "p," and "t"); of or pertaining to speech sound produced by stopping the air in the speech passage and suddenly releasing it
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Plosive Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
plosive
consonant n : a consonant produced by stopping air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" [syn: stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive speech sound , plosive]
[ant: continuant consonant]
similar words(2)
plosive speech sound
plosive consonant
Noun
1. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"
(synonym) stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound
(hypernym) consonant
(hyponym) labial stop
(part-meronym) implosion
Adjective
1. produced by complete closure of the oral passage and subsequent release with a burst of air (as `p' and `d' in `pit' or `dog')
(similar) hard
Plosive Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In phonetics, a stop, also known as a plosive, is an oral occlusive, a consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases. The occlusion may be done with the tongue (blade , , or body , ), lips (, ), or glottis . Stops contrast with nasals, where the vocal tract is blocked but airflow continues through the nose, as in and , and with fricatives, where partial occlusion impedes but does not block airflow in the vocal tract.
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