PLOSIVE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does plosive mean? 

• PLOSIVE (noun)
  The noun PLOSIVE has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLOSIVE (noun)

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 consonant; stop

Context example:

his stop consonants are too aspirated

Hypernyms ("plosive" 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"):

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"):

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))