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stopple

/ˈstɒpəl/

stopple noun: a plug; a stopper.

Noun

stopple (plural stopples)

  1. A plug; a stopper.
  2. A projection or lid in a pollen grain that falls away to allow the passage of the pollen tube.

Verb

stopple (third-person singular simple present stopples, present participle stoppling, simple past and past participle stoppled)

  1. (transitive) To plug; to stop up.
    • Shut your mouth, dame, / Or with this paper shall I stopple it.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    Synonyms:
    estop, stanch

stopple meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Assamese

stopple in Tamil

குப்பியின் மூடியடைப்பு

stopple in Bengali

ছিপি, প্লাগ, বন্ধ করা, মুখ বন্ধ করা

stopple in Assamese

stopple, stopper, plug, cork, gag
সোপা xüpa, ঠিলা thila

Synonyms of stopple

Forms of stopple

Noun
pluralstopples
Verb
third-person singular presentstopples
present participlestoppling
past participlestoppled
paststoppled

Origin of stopple

From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, from Old French estopail, estopaille. By surface analysis, stop + -le.

Words formed from stopple

Words that rhyme with stopple

Questions about stopple

What does stopple mean?
Stopple means a plug; a stopper.
What is stopple in Tamil?
Stopple in Tamil is குப்பியின் மூடியடைப்பு. See Stopple meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stopple?
Stopple can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce stopple?
Stopple is pronounced /ˈstɒpəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of stopple?
The plural of stopple is stopples.

Words near stopple in the dictionary

  1. stopping-out
  2. stopping-outs
  3. stoppingly
  4. stoppings
  5. stoppit
  6. stopple
  7. stoppled
  8. stopples
  9. stoppling
  10. Stopps
  11. stops

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stopple (page history and authors); stopple (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stopple (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ঠিলা (Assamese) (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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