Synonyms for stopper

Grammar : Noun

Spell : stop-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɒp ər

Définition of stopper

Origin : "glass plug for a bottle neck," 1660s, agent noun from stop (v.).

noun plug

Example sentences :

Hurriedly I shot out the remainder of the stopper of straw, and crept from the hole.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

"Yes, but don't let's have a stopper over all, Tom," replied his father.
Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various

He took the stopper out of the decanter and deliberately raised it to his nostrils.
Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith

She pulled aside the "stopper" of newspaper and thrust in the stick.
Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson

(1 )Turn the stopper through at least one revolution in each direction.
Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall

Afterwards use emery and water, and grind the stopper into the bottle.
Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall

It was a brass lamp with a hole and a stopper in the side of the bowl.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various

It was just like it is when you pull the stopper out of the bathtub.
Extract from : « Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's » by Laura Lee Hope

"No, I thank you," answered Howe, putting the stopper back into the bottle.
Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic

The Churchwarden calmly put the stopper in his bottle and restored it to his pocket.
Extract from : « The Old Tobacco Shop » by William Bowen

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