noun

stopper

STOP-uh

noun

A plug or cork used to close the opening of a bottle or container.

"She pressed the glass stopper firmly back into the decanter."

A goalkeeper, or more generally someone whose job is to stop something.

"The team signed a new stopper for the back line."

How to Use Stopper

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishSomething (or someone) whose job is to block, plug, or halt something else.

Common pairings

bottle stopper a real stopper top-class stopper

stoppered past tense, stoppers plural, stoppers singular

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She pressed the glass _____ firmly back into the decanter.

From stop plus the agent suffix -er.

local stopping train

fast express

slow global loose implied pub quickly fast local

copper popper hopper Topper chopper whopper shopper grasshopper showstopper

local stopping train fast express slow global loose implied pub quickly