how to pronounce plosive

/ˈpləʊ.sɪv/

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plosive is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of plosive in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… and these minimize like the plosive P …”

meanings of plosive

noun:

Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.

adjective:

Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.

plosive frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word plosive occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics plosive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that plosive can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;