STOPPLE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does stopple mean? 

• STOPPLE (noun)
  The noun STOPPLE has 1 sense:

1. blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

  Familiarity information: STOPPLE used as a noun is very rare.

• STOPPLE (verb)
  The verb STOPPLE has 1 sense:

1. close or secure with or as if with a stopper

  Familiarity information: STOPPLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOPPLE (noun)

Meaning:

Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

plug; stopper; stopple

Hypernyms ("stopple" is a kind of...):

block; blockage; closure; occlusion; stop; stoppage (an obstruction in a pipe or tube)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stopple"):

bung; spile (a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask)

bottle cork; cork (the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle))

drainplug (a removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin)

fipple (a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder))

tampion; tompion (plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture)

tampon (plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood))

spigot; tap (a plug for a bunghole in a cask)

• STOPPLE (verb)

Meaning:

Close or secure with or as if with a stopper

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

stopper; stopple

Context examples:

She stoppered the wine bottle / The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers

Hypernyms (to "stopple" is one way to...):

plug; secure; stop up (fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something