OCCLUSIVES Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word occlusives. (close relations)
Definition of OCCLUSIVES
Best Alternative Words for OCCLUSIVES
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stops | verbv | |||||||
noun • a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card | ||||||||
plosives | nounn | |||||||
noun • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | ||||||||
plosive | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | ||||||||
stop | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the event of something ending • the act of stopping something • a brief stay in the course of a journey • the state of inactivity following an interruption • a spot where something halts or pauses • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it • a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations • (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes • a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens • a restraint that checks the motion of something • an obstruction in a pipe or tube verb • come to a halt, stop moving • put an end to a state or an activity • stop from happening or developing • interrupt a trip • cause to end • prevent completion • hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of • seize on its way • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical • render unsuitable for passage • stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments | ||||||||
plosive consonant | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | ||||||||
plosive speech sound | nounn | |||||||
noun • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | ||||||||
stop consonant | nounn | |||||||
noun • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it |