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stop-works

stop-works is the plural of stop-work.

Meaning of stop-work

Noun

stop-work (plural stop-works)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, attributive, usually) Temporary cessation of labor as a form of protest.
    • a stop-work meeting
    Synonyms:
    walkout, strike
  2. (Canada, US, attributive, usually) Causing work to cease temporarily for administrative reasons such as safety concerns or legal action.
    • a stop-work order.

Questions about stop-works

What is stop-works the plural of?
Stop-works is the plural of stop-work.

Words near stop-works in the dictionary

  1. stop-start
  2. stop-tap
  3. stop-taps
  4. stop-time
  5. stop-work
  6. stop-works
  7. Stopa
  8. stopable
  9. Stopas
  10. stopband
  11. stopbands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stop-works (page history and authors); stop-work (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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