occlusive (adj.)

  1. tending to occlude

    occlusive (n.)

  1. 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 ]

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