1. Tending to occlude

1. A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
   - stop consonant, stop, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive

Derived forms: occlusives

See also: occlude, occlusion

Type of: obstruent

Encyclopedia: Occlusive

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