Plosive

A plosive (/pləʊsɪv/) or stop is a consonant sound in which the vocal tract is blocked so that is a consonant so that all airflow ceases.

Plosives can be distinguished by their place of occlusion; tongue tip ([t], [d]) tongue body ([k], [ɡ]), lips ([p], [b]), or glottis ([ʔ])

• alveolar stop /t/ and /d/
• bilabial stop /p/ and /b/
• velar stop /k/ and /g/
• glottal stop /ʔ/