implosion

implosion is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion.
2. noun. A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany.
3. noun. the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
4. noun. a sudden inward collapse

   "the implosion of a light bulb"

Common word forms

implosions

Words from these letters

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