Antonyms for stopple

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : stop-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɒp əl

Definition of stopple

As in plug : noun stopper
As in cork : noun type of plug
As in spigot : noun faucet
As in stopper : noun plug
As in closure : noun plug, seal
As in plug : verb stop up

Example sentences :

There stood the morphine bottle with the stopple out, just as Tom had left it.
Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry

She broke the jar, not waiting to take out the stopple, and poured the oil upon his feet.
Extract from : « Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old » by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

The heat will cause the oil to run down between the stopple and mouth.
Extract from : « The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide » by Anonymous

These fumes issue sometimes in such abundance as to push out the stopple; which you must then replace, and slacken the fire.
Extract from : « Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. » by Pierre Joseph Macquer

A fid or stopple made of leather or oakum fitting in the vent of a piece to stop it against weather, &c.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

Well, I don't carry water when I can make it run by turning a stopple—not much I don't!
Extract from : « Joyce's Investments » by Fannie E. Newberry

A stopple or plug for a bottle or jar cut from the above substance.
Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

He found the metal whole; the turning of the stopple had not caused the metal to flow.
Extract from : « ZigZag Journeys in Northern Lands; » by Hezekiah Butterworth

The heat will cause the oil to run down between the stopple and mouth of the bottle.
Extract from : « The American Housewife » by Anonymous

Stopple, stop′l, n. that which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel: a cork or plug.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) » by Various

Synonyms for stopple

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