Definitions
There is 1 meaning of the phrase
Plosive Consonant.
Plosive Consonant - as a noun
A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
Example: "His stop consonants are too aspirated"
Synonyms (Exact Relations)
occlusive16plosive12plosive speech soundstop6stop consonantHypernyms (Closely Related)
obstruent11Hyponyms (Broadly Related)
Example Sentences
"The phoneme /p/ is a plosive consonant in English."
"The word 'pop' starts with a plosive consonant."
"The phrase 'big box' includes two plosive consonants."
"In the word 'stop', the 'st-' cluster includes a plosive consonant."
"The letter 'b' represents a voiced plosive consonant."
