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   Stop·per

   /ˈstäpər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a plug for sealing a hole, especially in the neck of a bottle or other container.
   • 2. a person or thing that halts or obstructs a specified thing: "a crime-stopper"
   • ▪ (in soccer and other sports) a player whose function is to block attacks on goal from the middle of the field.
   • ▪ a starting pitcher depended on to win a game or stop a losing streak, or a relief pitcher used to prevent the opposing team from scoring.
   • ▪ (in sailing or climbing) a rope or clamp for preventing a rope or cable from running out.
   • ▪ another term for control

   verb

   • 1. use a stopper to seal (a bottle or other container): "stopper the jug with a cork"

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   Definition of stopper noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. stopper. noun. /ˈstɒpə (r)/ /ˈstɑːpər/ (North American English also plug) an object that fits into the top of a bottle to close it. He pulled out the stopper and took a long drink of water. a bottle with a glass stopper.

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   What does stopper mean?

   • Stopper definition: A device, such as a cork or plug, that is inserted to close an opening.

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   What does stop mean?

   • From stop + -er. stopper (plural stoppers) Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something. “It just shows you what women are like. A frightful sex, Bertie. There ought to be a law.

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   What is a stopper in a jar?

   • A stopper is a piece of glass, plastic, or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it. The medicine is stored in a glass jar closed with a glass stopper. The vials of vaccine are closed with rubber stoppers. A stopper is a piece of glass, plastic, or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it.

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   What is a stopper in baseball?

   • A person or thing that stops or causes a stoppage. That starting pitcher regarded as best able to prevent his or her team from having a long losing streak. A card or cards that will prevent an opponent from running a suit. A relief pitcher, especially one called upon to protect a lead. To close with a plug or stopper.

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   A stopper is a piece of glass, plastic, or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it.

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   Synonyms for STOPPER: seal, filling, filler, fill, plug, patch, barrier, obstruction; Antonyms of STOPPER: opening, hole, aperture, orifice, perforation, loophole, cut, notch

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   Stopper definition: A device, such as a cork or plug, that is inserted to close an opening.

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   Pronunciation

   1. IPA(key): /ˈstɔpər/ 2. Rhymes: -ɔpər

   Noun

   stopper m (plural stoppers, diminutive stoppertje n) 1. stop(device to block path)

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   Etymology

   1792, from English stop.

   Pronunciation

   1. IPA(key): /stɔ.pe/

   Verb

   stopper 1. to stop, in regard to motors and machines 1.1. Une puissante voiture de marque étrangère stoppa au bout de l’avenue Ruysdaël, tout près de l’entrée du parc Monceau. 1.1.1. A powerful foreign car stoppedat the end of Ruysdaël Avenue, very close to the entrance to Monceau Park. 2. (colloquial) to take (a hit, a bullet) 2.1. Il avait stoppé un coquet gnon derrière les oreilles, mais il n’était pas mort. 2.1.1. He'd taken a nice, hard punch behind his ears, but he wasn't dead. 3. (coll...

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   STOPPER meaning: 1 : someone or something that stops something; 2 : something that is used to block an opening.