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Meaning of 'stoppage' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stoppage [ n.]
- The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.

Meaning of 'stoppage' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stoppage [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
Example in sentence:
  • during the halt he got some lunch;
  • he spent the entire stop in his seat;
  • held them in check;
  • the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow;
  • the negotiations were in arrest
Meaning (2):
- the act of stopping something
Example in sentence:
  • his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood;
  • the third baseman made some remarkable stops
Meaning (3):
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
Example in sentence:
  • we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe

Nearby Words:

stoak stoat stocah stoccade stoccado stochastic stock stock-blind stock-still stockade

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