Usually means: Consonants produced by stopping airflow.
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  1. plosives: Merriam-Webster
  2. plosives: Collins English Dictionary
  3. plosives: Vocabulary.com
  4. plosives: Wordnik
  5. plosives: Wiktionary
  6. plosives: Dictionary.com
  7. Plosives: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Plosives: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Plosives: Encyclopedia

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  1. Plosives: Medical dictionary

(Note: See plosive as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (plosive)

noun:  (phonetics) A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
adjective:  (phonetics) Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
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