plosivenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpləʊ.sɪv/us/ˈploʊ.sɪv/specializeda consonant sound that is made by stopping air flowing out of the mouth, and then suddenly releasing it:
/p/ and /d/ are examples of plosives.
Synonym
stop
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- bilabial
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- nasalization
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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