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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

relation go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

part, portion, component, constituent, component part go
something determined in relation to something that includes it

language unit, linguistic unit go
one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed

phone, sound, speech sound go
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

consonant go
a speech sound that is not a vowel

obstruent go
a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth

stop, stop consonant, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

noun.communication

3 Subcategories

labial stop go
a stop consonant that is produced with the lips
glottal stop, glottal plosive, glottal catch go
a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis
click, suction stop go
a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)