stop, n.
(stops)
freq. cnt. 11
(stops)
freq. cnt. 11
a brief stay in the course of a journey
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
layover stop stopover
sample sentences
"they made a stopover to visit their friends"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
the act of stopping something
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
stop stoppage
sample sentences
"the third baseman made some remarkable stops""his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
the event of something ending
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
halt stop
sample sentences
"it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
a spot where something halts or pauses
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
stop
sample sentences
"his next stop is Atlanta"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
hypernym
the state of inactivity following an interruption
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
arrest check halt hitch stay stop stoppage
sample sentences
"the negotiations were in arrest""held them in check"
"during the halt he got some lunch"
"the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"
"he spent the entire stop in his seat"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
<noun.artifact>
block blockage closure occlusion stop stoppage
sample sentences
"we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
a restraint that checks the motion of something
<noun.artifact>
catch stop
sample sentences
"he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"
semantic pointers
hyponym
hypernym
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
diaphragm stop
sample sentences
"the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
semantic pointers
part holonym
hypernym
hyponym
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
<noun.artifact>
stop
sample sentences
"the organist pulled out all the stops"
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
<noun.communication>
full point full stop period point stop
sample sentences
"in England they call a period a stop"
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
<noun.communication>
occlusive plosive plosive consonant plosive speech sound stop stop consonant
sample sentences
"his stop consonants are too aspirated"
lexical pointers
antonym
lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
hypernym
part meronym
hyponym