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stoppering

stoppering is the present participle and gerund of stopper.

Meaning of stopper

Verb

stopper (third-person singular simple present stoppers, present participle stoppering, simple past and past participle stoppered)

  1. To close a container by using a stopper.
    • He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.

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Questions about stoppering

What is stoppering the present participle and gerund of?
Stoppering is the present participle and gerund of stopper.

Words near stoppering in the dictionary

  1. stopper
  2. stopper cover
  3. stopper knot
  4. stopper knots
  5. stoppered
  6. stoppering
  7. stopperless
  8. stopperman
  9. stoppermen
  10. stoppers
  11. stoppest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stoppering (page history and authors); stopper (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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