Plosive (Noun)

Meaning

A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated".

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Synonyms

• Stop Consonant
• Occlusive
• Stop
• Plosive Speech Sound
• Plosive Consonant

Hypernyms

• Obstruent

Hyponyms

• Labial Stop
• Glottal Plosive
• Glottal Catch
• Click
• Glottal Stop
• Suction Stop