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ground stops

ground stops is the plural of ground stop.

Meaning of ground stop

Noun

ground stop (plural ground stops)

  1. The halting of air traffic for a particular airport, with no arrivals allowed and all departures held on the ground.
    Synonyms:
    GS
  2. The cessation of all take-offs for flights meeting particular criteria, such as geographic region, aircraft type, airline, etc, keeping these grounded.

Questions about ground stops

What is ground stops the plural of?
Ground stops is the plural of ground stop.

Words near ground stops in the dictionary

  1. ground state
  2. ground states
  3. ground station
  4. ground stations
  5. ground stop
  6. ground stops
  7. ground substance
  8. ground swell
  9. ground swells
  10. ground tackle
  11. ground the corn

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