stoppage

stoppage is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
2. noun. the act of stopping something

   "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"

   "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

   Synonyms: stop

3. noun. an obstruction in a pipe or tube

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

   Synonyms: block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop

4. noun. the state of inactivity following an interruption

   "the negotiations were in arrest"

   "held them in check"

   Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop

Synonyms

stop, block, blockage, closure, occlusion, arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay

Common word forms

stoppages

Words from these letters

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