stallnoun
uk/stɔːl/us/stɑːl/stall noun (SHOP)
B1 [ C ] a large table or a small shop with an open front from which goods are sold in a public place:
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- He runs a fruit and vegetable stall in the market.
- She runs a stall in the market.
- The stall sells drinks and snacks.
- The gaily striped awnings of the little shops and market stalls made an attractive scene.
- Some displayed their wares on stalls, while others had just spread them out on the pavement.
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Shops & auctions
- army disposals store
- army surplus store
- army-navy store
- art gallery
- auction
- department store
- discount store
- discount warehouse
- druggist
- drugstore
- megastore
- milk bar
- newsagent
- newsstand
- off-licence
- superstore
- swap meet
- sweet shop
- tabletop sale
- tag sale
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stall noun (SMALL AREA)
[ C ] a small closed area within a farm building in which there is space for one animal to be kept
[ C ] a small area of a room that is separated from the main part of the room by walls or curtains:
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Animal Dwellings - man-made
- apiary
- aquarium
- aviary
- birdcage
- birdhouse
- cage
- doghouse
- dovecote
- fish tank
- fishbowl
- fold
- goldfish bowl
- hive
- nesting box
- pigeon loft
- pigpen
- pigsty
- sanctuary
- stabling
- sty
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stall noun (SEATS)
rows of fixed seats in a church, often with the sides and backs connected
UK US the orchestra the seats on the main floor of a theatre or cinema, not at a higher level
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Chairs & seats
- -seater
- armchair
- armrest
- banquette
- bar stool
- beach chair
- beanbag
- booster seat
- easy chair
- footstool
- front seat
- high chair
- living room suite
- perch
- rocker
- rocking chair
- sag bag
- seating
- stool
- window seat
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stallverb
uk/stɔːl/us/stɑːl/stall verb (ENGINE)
[ I or T ] If an engine stalls, or if you stall it, it stops working suddenly and without you intending it to happen:
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Machines - not functioning
- burn
- cut
- deactivate
- dead
- defunct
- fritz
- ghost
- give up the ghost idiom
- go down
- haywire
- on the blink idiom
- out of commission idiom
- seize
- shudder
- shut
- shut (sth) off
- stop
- unusable
- whack
- wrong
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stall verb (DELAY)
[ I ] to delay taking action or avoid giving an answer in order to have more time to make a decision or get an advantage:
[ T ] If you stall a person, you delay them or prevent them from doing something for a period of time:
[ I ] to stop making progress:
[ T ] If you stall an event, you delay it or prevent it from making progress:
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Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- be on ice idiom
- bugger
- bugger about
- bugger sb about
- carry
- hold
- hold sb over
- hold sb/sth back
- hold sb/sth up
- hold up
- ice
- kick
- push
- retard
- retardation
- set sth/sb back
- shelve
- sit
- sit on sth
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