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stop

The correct spelling is stop.

How to pronounce stop

/stɒp/
noun

IPA: /stɒp/

Say it like: Sto-p

The correct spelling is stop. A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station. For example: "They agreed to meet at the bus stop."

Usage Examples

They agreed to meet at the bus stop.

That stop was not planned.

door stop

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
  2. 2.An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
  3. 3.That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
  4. 4.A device intended to block the path of a moving object
  5. 5.A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.

verb

  1. 1.To cease moving.
  2. 2.To not continue.
  3. 3.To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
  4. 4.To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
  5. 5.To cause (something) to come to an end.

adjective

  1. 1.Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.

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