Vocabulary Entry

stopple

|verb • noun

verb

To block or obstruct something, especially a flow or passage.

Example Sentences

"He used a cork to stopple the bottle."

"They had to stopple the leak in the pipe quickly."

"The engineer designed a mechanism to stopple the entry of water into the machine."

noun

Example Sentences

"She removed the stopple from the wine bottle."

"The laboratory required specific types of stopples for its glassware."

"After using the oil, he replaced the stopple to keep it fresh."