| phone | (n) (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language, Syn. sound, speech sound |
| stop consonant | (n) a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it, Syn. plosive speech sound, occlusive, stop, plosive consonant, plosive, Ant. continuant consonant, Example: his stop consonants are too aspirated |