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stopple

noun as in closure

noun as in cork

noun as in plug

noun as in spigot

Strongest matches

noun as in stopper

Strong matches

verb as in plug

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Example Sentences

Stopple, stop′l, n. that which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel: a cork or plug.

A wasteful cock is a cock or pipe with a turning stopple running to waste.

You may at first stop it so, that the strong working may throw out the stopple, and yet keep it close, till it work strongly.

On examining it in full light he found the upper end, looking like a carved handle, to be a closing stopple removable by a turn.

He pounces upon the decanter, pulls out the stopple, and applies his nose to the mouth.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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