About The Word Occlusive

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Occlusive

Occlusive Meaning & Definition
Occlusive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Occlusive?

[n] a consonant produced by stopping air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"
[adj] tending to occlude

Synonyms | Synonyms for Occlusive: plosive | plosive consonant | plosive speech sound | stop | stop consonant

Related Terms | Find terms related to Occlusive: accented | alveolar | apical | apico-alveolar | apico-dental | articulated | assimilated | back | barytone | bilabial | broad | cacuminal | central | cerebral | checked | choking | close | consonant | consonantal | constrictive | continuant | contrary | counterproductive | crosswise | dental | dissimilated | dorsal | flat | front | glide | glossal | glottal | guttural | hard | heavy | high | hindering | hindersome | in the way | inhibiting | inhibitive | interrupting | interruptive | intonated | labial | labiodental | labiovelar | lateral | lax | light | lingual | liquid | low | mid | monophthongal | muted | narrow | nasal | nasalized | obstructing | obstructive | obstruent | open | oxytone | palatal | palatalized | pharyngeal | pharyngealized | phonemic | phonetic | phonic | pitch | pitched | posttonic | repressive | restrictive | retroflex | rounded | semivowel | soft | sonant | stifling | stopped | strangling | stressed | strong | suppressive | surd | syllabic | tense | thick | throaty | tonal | tonic | troublesome | twangy | unaccented | unrounded | unstressed | velar | vocalic | vocoid | voiced | voiceless | vowel | vowellike | weak | wide

See Also | click | consonant | explosion | glottal catch | glottal plosive | glottal stop | implosion | labial stop | plosion | suction stop

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