"stopple" meaning in English

See stopple in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈstɒpəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stopple.wav Forms: stopples [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒpəl Etymology: From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, partly from Old French estopail, estopaille, and partly equivalent to stop + -le. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stopple}} Middle English stopple, {{der|en|fro|estopail}} Old French estopail, {{af|en|stop|-le}} stop + -le Head templates: {{en-noun}} stopple (plural stopples)
  1. A plug; a stopper.
    Sense id: en-stopple-en-noun-EyuHZeh~

Verb

IPA: /ˈstɒpəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stopple.wav Forms: stopples [present, singular, third-person], stoppling [participle, present], stoppled [participle, past], stoppled [past]
Rhymes: -ɒpəl Etymology: From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, partly from Old French estopail, estopaille, and partly equivalent to stop + -le. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stopple}} Middle English stopple, {{der|en|fro|estopail}} Old French estopail, {{af|en|stop|-le}} stop + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} stopple (third-person singular simple present stopples, present participle stoppling, simple past and past participle stoppled)
  1. (transitive) To plug; to stop up. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-stopple-en-verb-GGx2gwP5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87

Inflected forms

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