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stopper noun [ ˈstɒpə ]

• a plug for sealing a hole, especially in the neck of a bottle or other container.
Similar: cork, lid, cap, top, plug, bung, spigot, spile, stopple,
• a person or thing that halts or obstructs a specified thing.
• "a crime-stopper"

stopper verb

• use a stopper to seal (a bottle or other container).
• "stopper the jug with a cork"

put a stopper on

• prevent from happening or continuing.
"this responsibility put a stopper on me finding someone for myself"



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