Meaning of STOPPLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'stâpul
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- [n] blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
- [v] close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"
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| | Synonyms: | | plug, stopper, stopper |
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| | See Also: | | block, blockage, bung, closure, cork, drainplug, fipple, occlusion, plug, secure, spigot, spile, stop, stop up, stoppage, tampion, tampon, tap | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Stop"ple\, n. [Cf. G. st["o]pfel, st["o]psel. See
{Stop}, n. & v. t.]
That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper;
as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.
\Stop"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoppled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Stoppling}.]
To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a
stopple. --Cowper.
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