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A consonant produced by stopping air at some point and suddenly releasing it
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occlusive
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. tending to occlude n. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" [syn: stop consonant , stop , plosive consonant , plosive speech sound , plosive ] [ant: continuant ...
Wiktionary
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a. That tends to occlude. n. (context phonetics English) A plosive.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1867, from Latin occlus- , past participle stem of occludere (see occlude ) + -ive .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In phonetics , an occlusive , sometimes known as a stop , is a consonant sound produced by blocking (occluding) airflow in the vocal tract , but not necessarily in the nasal tract . The duration of the block is the occlusion of the consonant. An occlusive ...
Usage examples of occlusive.
He had occlusive disease in his main left coronary artery, which had been responsible for his heart attack.
He also had occlusive disease in his right coronary artery with evidence of an old heart attack.