stopple
IPA: stˈɑpʌɫ
noun
- A plug; a stopper.
verb
- (transitive) To plug; to stop up.
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Examples of "stopple" in Sentences
- The chain is attached to a plug, called a stopple or a tank ball.
- The stopple stays up until nearly all of the water has left the holding tank.
- When you push down on the flush handle, the metal arm lifts the stopple from a two-inch-wide drain.
- A few important details were left out—like what should the stopple be made of—but the system did work.
- Then the witch-wife took up the flasket and pulled out the stopple and betook it to Birdalone, and said: Drink of this now, a little sip, no more.
- So I took the said flask and went my ways hastily to my own chamber, and there I looked at the said flask and took out the stopple; and there was a liquor therein, white like to water, but of a spicy smell, sweet, fresh, and enheartening.
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