stopper
stopper
Definition
stop·per (stäp′ər)
noun
transitive verb
to close with a plug or stopper
stopper
Usage Examples
Object
- bottle: The pump is then removed and the stoppered bottle can be stored in a fridge.
Converse of object
- put: We have put a stopper on the crown to prevent the battery from running out.
- have: The smaller first fall, tends to have a nasty stopper.
- use: Do not use any stopper or other device that would interfere with venting gas.
- remove: With her left, she removes the glass stopper.
- make: In particular cork is the natural material for make stoppers for wine.
- bear: Norwich born shot stopper Mark Tyler has long been a favorite with the Peterborough fans since his arrival as a teenager.
Adjective modifier
- pop-up: A small, simple, no-nonsense pop-up stopper for IE.
- plastic: The next day a very close friend opened a bottle of rather nice wine which had a plastic stopper.
- real: This is a live set would be a real show stopper!
- young: The young stopper was a regular in Blackburn's reserve team last season and played well in Gretna's 3-1 pre-season win over Dumfermline.
- great: He was an excellent keeper and a great shot stopper.
- good: Water bottle 1 Recommendation: to be of stout construction and with a good stopper.
Modifies a noun
- knot: Tie into both nuts with a re threaded fig 8 knot with a stopper knot.
Noun used with modifier
- bromobutyl: Both the vaccine and the solvent vials are closed with bromobutyl rubber stoppers of Ph.Eur.
- gob: Roughly twenty quid a truffle the size of a gob stopper.
- cork: Later examples have screw in pottery or metal stoppers, or a simple push in cork stopper.
- rubber: A rubber stopper at the bottom can be removed to expose the data port.
- bottle: Each bottle stopper has an individual design around its neck.
- shot: Solid shot stopper who is good in the air.