Meaning

4 senses
  1. The act of something that stops; a halt.

    constant startings and stoppings

  2. (dated)Material for filling a cavity in a tooth.

    an amalgam stopping

  3. A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.

  4. A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.

    1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse The drawing poultices and stoppings of farriers are often highly injurious, instead of abating inflammation .

More definitions
  • the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch
  • fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members

Forms

plural: stoppings
Singularstopping
Pluralstoppings

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
act of something that stops:hiatus
Close in meaning
  • fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members:fillet

Word family

15 related words

See also

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