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Occlusive

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

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

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