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stop words

stop words is the plural of stop word.

Meaning of stop word

Noun

stop word (plural stop words)

  1. A word, usually one of a series in a stop list, that is ignored when searches are conducted on a database, search engine, etc.

Questions about stop words

What is stop words the plural of?
Stop words is the plural of stop word.

Words near stop words in the dictionary

  1. stop two gaps with one bush
  2. stop up
  3. stop valve
  4. stop valves
  5. stop word
  6. stop words
  7. stop, drop and roll
  8. stop-action
  9. stop-and-frisk
  10. stop-and-frisks
  11. stop-and-go

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stop words (page history and authors); stop word (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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