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LABIAL STOP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does labial stop mean?
• LABIAL STOP (noun)
The noun LABIAL STOP has 1 sense:
1. a stop consonant that is produced with the lips
Familiarity information: LABIAL STOP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stop consonant that is produced with the lips
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("labial stop" is a kind of...):
occlusive; plosive; plosive consonant; plosive speech sound; stop; stop consonant (a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it)
labial; labial consonant (a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips)
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