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Noun: plosive  plow-siv
  1. A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
    "his plosive speech sound consonants are too aspirated";
    - stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound

Derived forms: plosives

Type of: obstruent

Encyclopedia: Plosive

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plosive consonant
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