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English noun: stopper | |||
| 1. | stopper (communication) an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down | ||
| Synonyms | show-stopper, showstopper | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, bit, number, routine, turn | ||
| 2. | stopper (communication) a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply | ||
| Synonyms | conversation stopper | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | comment, input, remark | ||
| 3. | stopper (artifact) (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit | ||
| Samples | If my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | playing card | ||
| Domain category | bridge | ||
| 4. | stopper (artifact) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly | ||
| Synonyms | plug, stopple | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bottle cork, bung, cork, drainplug, earplug, fipple, spigot, spile, tampion, tampon, tap, tompion | ||
English verb: stopper | |||
| 1. | stopper (contact) close or secure with or as if with a stopper | ||
| Samples | She stoppered the wine bottle. The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers. | ||
| Synonyms | stopple | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plug, secure, stop up | ||
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