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stopple

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun stopple has 1 sense

stopple(n = noun.artifact) plug, stopper - blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly; Array

is a kind of block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage

has particulars: bung, spile, bottle cork, cork, drainplug, earplug, fipple, tampion, tompion, tampon, spigot, tap

Derived form verb stopple₁

Verb stopple has 1 sense

stopple(v = verb.contact) stopper - close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"

is one way to plug, secure, stop up

Derived form noun stopple₁

Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY

stopple, n. [Cf. G. stöpfel, stöpsel. See Stop, n. & v. t.].

That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple. [1913 Webster]

stopple, v. t.

To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple. Cowper. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

stopple, n. & v.
--n. a stopper or plug.
--v.tr. close with a stopple.

Etymology

ME: partly f. STOP + -LE(1), partly f. ESTOPPEL

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THESAURUS

stopple

bar, bind, block, block up, blockade, bung, caulk, check valve, chink, choke, choke off, choke up, clog, clog up, cock, congest, constipate, cork, cover, dam, dam up, faucet, fill, fill up, foul, jam, lid, obstipate, obstruct, pack, peg, pin, plug, plug up, sea cock, spigot, spike, spile, spill, stanch, stay, stench, stop, stop up, stopgap, stopper, stuff, stuff up, tap, valve

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stopple

Stopper

N stopper, stopple, plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap, rammer, ram, ramrod, piston, stop-gap, wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet, cover, valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve, janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary.

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