Stop - English Spelling Dictionary - Spellzone

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stop - noun

  • the event of something ending
  • the act of stopping something
  • a brief stay in the course of a journey
  • the state of inactivity following an interruption
  • a spot where something halts or pauses
  • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
  • a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
  • (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
  • a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
  • a restraint that checks the motion of something
  • an obstruction in a pipe or tube
  • stop - verb

    • come to a halt, stop moving
    • put an end to a state or an activity
    • stop from happening or developing
    • interrupt a trip
    • cause to stop
    • prevent completion
    • hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
    • seize on its way
    • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
    • render unsuitable for passage
    • stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

    stop - thesaurus

    arrest bar barricade block blockade blockage break catch cease check closure contain diaphragm discontinue end finish halt hitch intercept kibosh layover occlusion occlusive period plosive point quit stay stopover stoppage terminate

    View spelling list Initial consonant blends - set 1 and learn about the word stop in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 5. Initial consonant blends.

    Scrabble score for stop

    s is 1 t is 1 o is 1 p is 3 Scrabble score = 6

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