stope

[ stohp ]

/ stoʊp /

noun

any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.

verb (used with or without object), stoped, stop·ing.

to mine or work by stopes.

Origin of stope

1740–50; apparently <Low German stope;see stoop²

Words nearby stope

stop clause, stopcock, stop codon, stop cold, stop down, stope, stoper, Stopes, stop-frame, stopgap, stop-go

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Example sentences from the Web for stope

She sees you in the shack last night; sees you—alive and out of Thompson's stope where they buried you—carrying Mademoiselle away!
The La Chance Mine Mystery|Susan Carleton Jones
He gave me a boost against the smooth wall of the stope, and my clawing fingers caught on the edge of a sharp shelf of stone.
The La Chance Mine Mystery|Susan Carleton Jones
In the stope the Cornishman crawled carefully to the staging, and standing on tiptoes, pressed his ear against the vein above him.
The Cross-Cut|Courtney Ryley Cooper
Then he said to stope out my stove polish ore and sell it for enough to go on with the development.
Remarks|Bill Nye

A day's work, the booming charges, and they returned to the stope to find that the vein had neither lessened nor grown greater.
The Cross-Cut|Courtney Ryley Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for stope

stope

/ (stəʊp) /

noun

a steplike excavation made in a mine to extract ore

verb

to mine (ore, etc) by cutting stopes

Word Origin for stope

C18: probably from Low German stope; see stoop ²

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单词	stope
释义	stope [ stohp ] / stoʊp / noun any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts. verb (used with or without object), stoped, stop·ing. to mine or work by stopes. Origin of stope 1740–50; apparently <Low German stope;see stoop² Words nearby stope stop clause, stopcock, stop codon, stop cold, stop down, stope, stoper, Stopes, stop-frame, stopgap, stop-go Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stope She sees you in the shack last night; sees you—alive and out of Thompson's stope where they buried you—carrying Mademoiselle away! The La Chance Mine Mystery\|Susan Carleton Jones He gave me a boost against the smooth wall of the stope, and my clawing fingers caught on the edge of a sharp shelf of stone. The La Chance Mine Mystery\|Susan Carleton Jones In the stope the Cornishman crawled carefully to the staging, and standing on tiptoes, pressed his ear against the vein above him. The Cross-Cut\|Courtney Ryley Cooper Then he said to stope out my stove polish ore and sell it for enough to go on with the development. Remarks\|Bill Nye A day's work, the booming charges, and they returned to the stope to find that the vein had neither lessened nor grown greater. The Cross-Cut\|Courtney Ryley Cooper British Dictionary definitions for stope stope / (stəʊp) / noun a steplike excavation made in a mine to extract ore verb to mine (ore, etc) by cutting stopes Word Origin for stope C18: probably from Low German stope; see stoop ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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