Definisjon av stopper på Engelsk

WordNet

Noun
stopper - (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump"
		playing card one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
stopper - blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
		plug, stopple
		blockage, stoppage, occlusion, closure, stop, block the act of blocking
		bung, spile a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
		bottle cork, cork the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
		drainplug a removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin
		earplug a plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise
		fipple a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder)
		tampion, tompion plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture
		tampon plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood)
stopper - a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
		conversation stopper
stopper - an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
		show-stopper, showstopper
Verb
stopper - close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"
		stopple
		stop up, plug, secure insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"

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Substantiv
stopper - Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.
stopper - A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
stopper - A bung or cork.
stopper - goalkeeper.
stopper - In the commodity futures market, someone who is long owns a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
stopper - A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
Verb
stopper - To close a container by using a stopper.

stopper
Conical or cylindrical-shaped plug that is pushed in the bottleneck of a (wine) bottle to stop it up.