plosive
/ˈploʊsɪv/
adjective
- Relating to or describing a speech sound made by stopping the airflow and then releasing it suddenly.
- She practiced the plosive sounds to improve her pronunciation.
- In many languages, plosive sounds are very common.
- The /p/ and /b/ sounds are plosive consonants.
noun
- A speech sound made by stopping the airflow and then releasing it suddenly, such as /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/.
- He had trouble saying plosives clearly because of his cold.
- The word 'cat' begins and ends with a plosive.
- Plosives are also called stop consonants.
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