Plosive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Plosive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

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

"his stop consonants are too aspirated"

stop consonant stop occlusive plosive consonant plosive speech sound plosive

Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.

Adjective

Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.

Antonyms

continuant

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

obstruent

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

labial stop glottal stop suction stop

Rhyming Words

vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive

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