stopple Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
    plug; stopper.
  2. verb close or secure with or as if with a stopper
    stopper.
    • She stoppered the wine bottle
    • The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers

WordNet

Stop"ple noun
Etymology
Cf. G. stöpfel, stöpsel. See Stop, n. & v. t.
Definitions
  1. That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.
Stop"ple transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Stoppled ; present participle & verbal noun Stoppling
Definitions
  1. To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple. Cowper.

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