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PLOSIVE SPEECH SOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plosive speech sound mean? 

PLOSIVE SPEECH SOUND (noun)
  The noun PLOSIVE SPEECH SOUND has 1 sense:

1. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing itplay

  Familiarity information: PLOSIVE SPEECH SOUND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLOSIVE SPEECH SOUND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

occlusive; plosive; plosive consonant; plosive speech sound; stop; stop consonant

Context example:

his stop consonants are too aspirated

Hypernyms ("plosive speech sound" is a kind of...):

obstruent (a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth)

Meronyms (parts of "plosive speech sound"):

implosion (the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant)

explosion; plosion (the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plosive speech sound"):

labial stop (a stop consonant that is produced with the lips)

glottal catch; glottal plosive; glottal stop (a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel)

click; suction stop (a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu))


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