"stoppage" meaning in English

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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Terms suffixed with -age",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stop",
        "2": "age"
      },
      "expansion": "stop + -age",
      "name": "ety-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "stop + -age",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stoppage",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stoppages",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A work stoppage was issued after the death of a construction worker."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A stoppage is a pause or stop of an activity."
      ],
      "id": "simple-stoppage-en-noun-iQDHTvsy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pause"
        },
        {
          "word": "hiatus"
        },
        {
          "word": "moratorium"
        },
        {
          "word": "recess"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stoppage"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Terms suffixed with -age"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stop",
        "2": "age"
      },
      "expansion": "stop + -age",
      "name": "ety-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "stop + -age",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stoppage",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stoppages",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A work stoppage was issued after the death of a construction worker."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A stoppage is a pause or stop of an activity."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pause"
        },
        {
          "word": "hiatus"
        },
        {
          "word": "moratorium"
        },
        {
          "word": "recess"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stoppage"
}