plosive

plosive is a 7-letter English word with 1 sense as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 1 sense

Definitions

1. noun. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

   "his stop consonants are too aspirated"

   Synonyms: occlusive, stop

Synonyms

occlusive, stop

Common word forms

plosives

Words from these letters

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