Meaning of OCCLUSIVE

Pronunciation:			u'kloosiv
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a consonant produced by stopping air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated" [adj]  tending to occlude
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	Synonyms:		plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant
	Antonyms:		continuant, continuant consonant
	See Also:		click, consonant, explosion, glottal catch, glottal plosive, glottal stop, implosion, labial stop, plosion, suction stop
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