plosive consonant

Noun

Meaning

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

stop plosive occlusive plosive speech sound stop consonant

Antonyms

continuant

Hypernyms

obstruent

Hyponyms

click glottal stop glottal catch glottal plosive labial stop suction stop

Examples

his stop consonants are too aspirated Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ploppy plosion plosive plosive speech sound plosively plosiveness