Stopper
['stɒpə] or ['stɑpɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (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'.
(verb.) close or secure with or as if with a stopper; 'She stoppered the wine bottle'; 'The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers'.
Inputed by Amanda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
(n.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something.
(n.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia.
(v. t.) To close or secure with a stopper.
Inputed by Liza
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Stopple, plug.
Checked by Brady
Examples
- He put the round head of his cane in his mouth, like a stopper, when he sat down. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I discovered the bottle, carefully guarded by a glass stopper tied over with leather. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Close the mouth of the tube with a one-hole rubber stopper in which is fitted a long, narrow tube, and clamp the test tube to an iron support, as shown in Figure 22. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- At No. 4 liquid air imprisoned in a tube and tightly corked up, blows the stopper out in a few minutes with explosive effect. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- At the inner hall-door, another bottle seemed to be presented and another stopper taken out. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- If the glass stopper is removed and the air is allowed to reenter the flask, the loudness of the sound immediately increases. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A sallow flabbiness was upon him when he took the stopper out, and presented the bottle to Mr Clennam's nose. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- If a stopper is left off a cologne bottle, the contents of the bottle will slowly evaporate; if a dish of water is placed out of doors on a hot day, evaporation occurs very rapidly. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This should be kept ready for use in a small bottle with a good-fitting stopper. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- They had not yet tried beer with so much fullness as other articles, but about nine months ago a small quantity was treated and left exposed to the air, with only a loose stopper of cotton wool. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I opened some of the bottles, smelt them, and put the stoppers to my lips. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The mixture should be preserved in bottles with glass stoppers, as the benzine is very volatile. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It can be used with a common pen, but must be kept in bottles coated inside with paraffine, beeswax, or gutta-percha, with rubber stoppers. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The pigeons and the steak have been preserved raw in stoppered bottles since the 21st of last November and the eggs since the 4th of July, 1881. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I looked at the board tables, the instruments shining in the light, the basins and the stoppered bottles. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- What I wanted was a metal box which might be soldered, or a thick glass jar or bottle which might be stoppered or sealed hermetically. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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