plosive consonant

1. (noun) a consonant produced by stopping air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"
Synonyms: occlusive, plosive, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant
Related Words: click, consonant, glottal catch, glottal plosive, glottal stop, labial stop, suction stop



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