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 Definitions of stopper  [ˈstɒp ər]  

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Definition of 'stopper' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) stopper
a person or thing that stops.

2.  stopper
a plug, cork, bung, or other piece for closing a bottle, tube, drain, etc.

3. (v.t.) stopper
to close or secure with a stopper.

Etymology:  (1470–80)

Definition of 'stopper' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) show-stopper, showstopper, stopper
an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down

2. (noun) conversation stopper, stopper
a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply

3. (noun) stopper
(bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit
"if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump"

4. (verb) plug, stopper, stopple
blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

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


Definition of 'stopper' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) stopper
one who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel

2. (noun) stopper
a short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something

3. (noun) stopper
a name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia

4. (verb) stopper
to close or secure with a stopper


Translation of 'stopper' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an object, eg a cork, that is put into the neck of a bottle, jar, hole etc to close it.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kurk Arabic flag Arabic: سِدادَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тапа
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tampa Czech flag Czech: zátka German flag German: der Stöpsel
Danish flag Danish: prop Greek flag Greek: πώμα Spanish flag Spanish: tapón
Estonian flag Estonian: topp, punn Farsi flag Farsi: درپوش Finnish flag Finnish: sulkija
French flag French: bouchon Hebrew flag Hebrew: פְּקָק Hindi flag Hindi: रोधक, अवरोधक, काग, डाट
Croatian flag Croatian: čep, zapušač Hungarian flag Hungarian: dugó Indonesian flag Indonesian: sumbat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: tappi, lok Italian flag Italian: tappo Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 마개 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kamštis, kaištis Latvian flag Latvian: aizbāznis; korķis
Malay flag Malay: penghenti Dutch flag Dutch: stop Norwegian flag Norwegian: propp, kork, plugg
Polish flag Polish: zatyczka Portuguese flag Portuguese: rolha Romanian flag Romanian: dop
Russian flag Russian: пробка; затычка Slovak flag Slovak: zátka Slovenian flag Slovenian: zamašek
Serbian flag Serbian: zapušač Swedish flag Swedish: kork, propp Thai flag Thai: ฝาปิด
Turkish flag Turkish: tıkaç Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 塞子 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: корок, пробка
Urdu flag Urdu: روکنے والا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nút, nút chai Chinese flag Chinese: 塞子

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