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stopblocks

stopblocks is the plural of stopblock.

Meaning of stopblock

Noun

stopblock (plural stopblocks)

  1. (US, especially) An obstruction placed at the end of a railway track to prevent rail vehicles from going any further.
    • [...] we were losing speed for the descent into King's Cross Platform 8, where a large crowd had gathered. For the last time, an HST braked gently and smoothly to a stand at the stopblock, and it was all over.2020 January 15, Nigel Harris, “HST's East Coast Farewell Tour”, in Rail, page 34

Questions about stopblocks

What is stopblocks the plural of?
Stopblocks is the plural of stopblock.

Words near stopblocks in the dictionary

  1. stopband
  2. stopbands
  3. stopbank
  4. stopbanks
  5. stopblock
  6. stopblocks
  7. stopboard
  8. stopboards
  9. stopcheck
  10. stopchecks
  11. stopclock

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