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stopple - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'stopple' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stopple [ v. t.]
- That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.
- To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple.

Meaning of 'stopple' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stopple [ v]
Meaning (1):
- close or secure with or as if with a stopper
Example in sentence:
  • She stoppered the wine bottle;
  • The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers

Nearby Words:

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

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