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stopword

stopword is the alternative form 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.

Forms of stopword

pluralstopwords

Origin of stopword

From stop + word.

Questions about stopword

What is stopword the alternative form of?
Stopword is the alternative form of stop word.

Words near stopword in the dictionary

  1. stopwatched
  2. stopwatches
  3. stopwatching
  4. stopway
  5. stopways
  6. stopword
  7. stopwords
  8. stopwork
  9. stopworks
  10. stoquastic
  11. storabilities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stopword (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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