stopple
- noun
- /ˈstɑːpəl/
- Archaic
:
tapón
- The technician used a stopple to securely close the opening of the wine barrel.
Examples
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Besides a general shutdown of the cooling water system, two other options for isolating the exchanger were evaluated: a hot-tap and stopple, and a freeze plug.
Academic text (2011) -
Folding Stopple Plugging Machines can isolate a section of line while valves permit tapping the line to allow the insertion of folding plugging heads.
Academic text (1997) -
He figured she had found some calm just by telling another person what a lonely thin edge of life she occupied, where one hog could act as a stopple to a demijohn of woes.
Fiction book (1997) -
To prevent leaks, we added a stopple to the top of the bottle.
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The glass container was sealed tightly with a rubber stopple for freshness.
Synonyms
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3.7
A thing that blocks the flow of liquid in a pipe
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1.5
An object that fits tightly into a hole to stop liquid or gas
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4.4
A blockage that stops liquid or air moving through a pipe
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2.1
An object that blocks a hole to keep liquid or gas inside
A small plug that seals a bath or sink drain to keep water in
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Stopple is related to the everyday words stop and stopper, which mean 'to stop' or 'to block', so a stopple is a small plug that 'stops' the opening of a bottle or hole.