Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stopper; a plug.
- transitive verb To close with a stopper or plug.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper: as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.
- noun A plug sometimes inserted in certain finger-holes of a flute or flageolet to accommodate its scale to some unusual series.
- noun Stubble.
- To stop or close with a stopple.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper
- transitive verb To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
plug , astopper - verb to
plug , tostop up
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb close or secure with or as if with a stopper
- noun blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The chain is attached to a plug, called a stopple or a tank ball.
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The chain is attached to a plug, called a stopple or a tank ball.
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So I took the said flask and went my ways hastily to my own chamber, and there I looked at the said flask and took out the stopple; and there was a liquor therein, white like to water, but of a spicy smell, sweet, fresh, and enheartening.
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Then the witch-wife took up the flasket and pulled out the stopple and betook it to Birdalone, and said: Drink of this now, a little sip, no more.
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A few important details were left out—like what should the stopple be made of—but the system did work.
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When you push down on the flush handle, the metal arm lifts the stopple from a two-inch-wide drain.
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A few important details were left out—like what should the stopple be made of—but the system did work.
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The stopple stays up until nearly all of the water has left the holding tank.
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When you push down on the flush handle, the metal arm lifts the stopple from a two-inch-wide drain.
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The stopple stays up until nearly all of the water has left the holding tank.
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
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