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stoppage stoppage definition

stoppage


 
  Grep  of  noun  stoppage 
  stoppage 
  trade  stoppage 
  work  stoppage 
 
  Overview  of  noun  stoppage 
 
  The  noun  stoppage  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  arrest,  check,  halt,  hitch,  stay,  stop,  stoppage  --  (the  state  of  inactivity  following  an  interruption;  "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") 
  2.  blockage,  block,  closure,  occlusion,  stop,  stoppage  --  (an  obstruction  in  a  pipe  or  tube;  "we  had  to  call  a  plumber  to  clear  out  the  blockage  in  the  drainpipe") 
  3.  stop,  stoppage  --  (the  act  of  stopping  something  "the  third  baseman  made  some  remarkable  stops";  "stoppage  of  the  flow  resulted  in  a  flood") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  stoppage 
 
  The  noun  stoppage  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  arrest,  check,  halt,  hitch,  stay,  stop,  stoppage  --  (the  state  of  inactivity  following  an  interruption;  "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") 
  2.  blockage,  block,  closure,  occlusion,  stop,  stoppage  --  (an  obstruction  in  a  pipe  or  tube;  "we  had  to  call  a  plumber  to  clear  out  the  blockage  in  the  drainpipe") 
  3.  stop,  stoppage  --  (the  act  of  stopping  something  "the  third  baseman  made  some  remarkable  stops";  "stoppage  of  the  flow  resulted  in  a  flood") 



stoppage definition