stoppage

noun

  1. 1

    the act of stopping something

    the third baseman made some remarkable stops

    his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood

  2. 2

    an obstruction in a pipe or tube

    we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe

  3. 3

    the state of inactivity following an interruption

    the negotiations were in arrest

    held them in check

Synonyms

Also useful for “stoppage”:Unscrambler