Associations to the word «Plosive»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
PLOSIVE, noun. (phonetics) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage; for example, when pronouncing the sound /p/ in "pug".
PLOSIVE, adjective. (phonetics) Produced in this way.
Dictionary definition
PLOSIVE, noun. A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated".
Wise words
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.