I. ˈstä-pəl noun
Etymology: Middle English stoppell, from stoppen to stop
Date: 14th century
: something that closes an aperture : stopper , plug
II. transitive verb
( stop·pled ; stop·pling -p(ə-)liŋ)
Date: circa 1795
: stopper
I. ˈstä-pəl noun
Etymology: Middle English stoppell, from stoppen to stop
Date: 14th century
: something that closes an aperture : stopper , plug
II. transitive verb
( stop·pled ; stop·pling -p(ə-)liŋ)
Date: circa 1795
: stopper
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003