stop

noun

1
a brief stay in the course of a journey
they made a stopover to visit their friends
2
the act of stopping something
the third baseman made some remarkable stops
his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
3
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
4
a restraint that checks the motion of something
he used a book as a stop to hold the door open
5
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
6
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
the organist pulled out all the stops
7
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
in England they call a period a stop
8
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
his stop consonants are too aspirated
9
the event of something ending
it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
10
a spot where something halts or pauses
his next stop is Atlanta
11
the state of inactivity following an interruption
the negotiations were in arrest
held them in check

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