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- DictionaryStall/stôl/
noun
- 1. a stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area: "fruit and vegetable stalls"
- 2. an individual compartment for an animal in a stable or barn, enclosed on three sides.
verb
- 1. (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine: "her car stalled at the crossroads"
- 2. stop or cause to stop making progress: "his career had stalled, hers taken off"
if a process or system stalls or something stalls it, it suddenly stops developing or making progress: Japan's economic growth has stalled. Contract negotiations between management and the union have stalled again.
STALL meaning: 1. a large table or a small shop with an open front from which goods are sold in a public place…. Learn more.
When you want a horse to stop, you put him in a stall, or small enclosure inside a barn. The word stall implies stopping something that will start again — a horse will leave the stall eventually and start moving, a stalled car can be restarted.
Definition of stall noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
any small compartment or booth for a specific activity or housing a specific thing: a shower stall. a rectangular space marked off or reserved for parking a car or other vehicle, as in a parking lot. an instance or the condition of causing an engine, or a vehicle powered by an engine, to stop, especially by supplying it with a poor fuel mixture ...
any small compartment or booth for a specific activity or housing a specific thing: a shower stall. a rectangular space marked off or reserved for parking a car or other vehicle, as in a parking lot. an instance or the condition of causing an engine, or a vehicle powered by an engine, to stop, especially by supplying it with a poor fuel mixture ...
stall. verb. /stɔːl/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] (of a vehicle or an engine) to stop suddenly because of a lack of power or speed; to make a vehicle or an engine do this. The car stalled and refused to start again. I kept stalling. stall something I stalled the car three times during my driving test. Topics Transport by car or lorry c2.
