stopper
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
Types & categories
- routine hypernym
Sense 2 verb
close or secure with or as if with a stopper
She stoppered the wine bottle
Types & categories
- plug hypernym
Related & opposite
- plug derivation
Sense 3 noun
a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
Types & categories
- remark hypernym
Sense 4 noun
(bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit
if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump
Types & categories
- playing card hypernym
Related & opposite
- bridge domain topic
Sense 5 noun
blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | routine |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plug |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plug |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | remark |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | bridge |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | playing card |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | stopper |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | plug |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | block |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | blockage |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bung |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bottle cork |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | drainplug |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | earplug |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fipple |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tampion |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tampon |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spigot |