stopple
/ˈstɒp(ə)l
/North American
noun
A stopper or plug.The advantage of a bottle stopple is that it will require less copper during the cleaning process....
- The stopple prevents inadvertent ejection of material stored in the hollow needle/push rod assembly.
- But word soon came over a radio that no stopples for pipelines this large could be found in the region on short notice.
verb [with object]
Seal with a stopper.
Origin
Middle English: partly a shortening of Old French estouppail 'bung', reinforced by the verb stop.
Rhymes
- potash glass
- potash kettle
- potash-lime
- potash lye
- potash mica
- potash soap
- potash works
- potassamide
- potassian
- potassic
- potassium
- potassium chloride
- potassium cyanide
- potassium feldspar
- potassium ferricyanide
- potassium ferrocyanide
- potassium hydroxide
- potassium nitrate
- potassium permanganate
- potassium–argon
- potassium–argon dating
- potation
- potato
- potato apple
- potato ball