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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly;
[syn: plug, stopper, stopple]


VERB (1)

1. close or secure with or as if with a stopper;
- Example: "She stoppered the wine bottle"
- Example: "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers";
[syn: stopper, stopple]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stopple \Stop"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoppling.] To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stopple \Stop"ple\, n. [Cf. G. st["o]pfel, st["o]psel. See Stop, n. & v. t.] That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stopple n 1: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly [syn: plug, stopper, stopple] v 1: close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers" [syn: stopper, stopple]