Words that sound like stop from BoostVocab

stop

/stɑp/

Synonyms of stop Antonyms of stop Examples of stop Usage of stop Parts of stop Definition that contains stop Words sounding like stop Explanation of stop

verb
put an end to a state or an activity
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cease discontinue give up lay off quit
noun
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
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block blockage closure occlusion stoppage

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obstructer obstructor obstruction impediment impedimenta
noun
the act of stopping something
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"the third baseman made some remarkable stops" "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

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stoppage

type of:
human action act deed human activity
verb
prevent completion
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"stop the project"

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break break off discontinue

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end terminate
noun
the state of inactivity following an interruption
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"he spent the entire stop in his seat"

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arrest check halt hitch stay stoppage

type of:
inactiveness inactivity inaction
verb
stop from happening or developing
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block halt kibosh

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foreclose forbid forestall preclude prevent
verb
render unsuitable for passage
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"stop the busy road"

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bar barricade block block off block up blockade

type of:
obstruct close up impede jam occlude block obturate
noun
a restraint that checks the motion of something
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"he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"

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catch

type of:
constraint restraint
verb
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
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"Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"

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cease end finish terminate
verb
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
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hold on

type of:
break interrupt
verb
interrupt a trip
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"we stopped at Aunt Mary's house" "they stopped for three days in Florence"

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stop over

type of:
disrupt break up interrupt cut off
verb
seize on its way
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intercept

type of:
grab catch take hold of
noun
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
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diaphragm

type of:
mechanical device

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photographic camera camera
noun
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
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"his stop consonants are too aspirated"

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occlusive plosive plosive consonant plosive speech sound stop consonant

type of:
obstruent
verb
come to a halt, stop moving
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"the car stopped" "She stopped in front of a store window"

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halt

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start
noun
the event of something ending
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"it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"

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halt

type of:
finish ending conclusion
noun
a brief stay in the course of a journey
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"they made a stopover to visit their friends"

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layover stopover

type of:
stay
noun
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
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"in England they call a period a stop"

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full point full stop period point

type of:
punctuation mark punctuation
verb
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
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arrest check contain hold back turn back

type of:
defend
noun
a spot where something halts or pauses
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"his next stop is Atlanta"

type of:
spot topographic point place
verb
cause to stop
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"stop a car" "stop the thief"
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start
noun
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
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"the organist pulled out all the stops"

type of:
knob

part of:
pipe organ organ

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