Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PLOSIVE
Etymology
Noun
plosive (plural plosives)
(phonetics) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
Synonyms: stop, occlusive
Hypernyms: consonant, obstruent
Adjective
plosive (comparative more plosive, superlative most plosive)
(phonetics) Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
Source: Wiktionary
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22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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