I.
noun
1 where things are sold ⇨ See also ↑ stand
ADJECTIVE
▪ market , roadside ( esp. BrE )
▪ bric-a-brac , cake , charity , fish , flower (all esp. BrE )
▪ book (usually bookstall ) ( BrE )
VERB + STALL
▪ have
▪
He has a flower ~ in the market.
▪ put up ( BrE ), set out , set up
▪ pack up ( esp. BrE )
▪ man , run
▪
Who's going to man the ~ at lunchtime?
STALL + VERB
▪ sell sth
▪
a ~ selling second-hand books
STALL + NOUN
▪ holder (usually stallholder ) ( BrE ), keeper ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
I bought this trout at the market fish ~.
▪ behind the ~
▪
the man behind the ~
2 small room/space
ADJECTIVE
▪ empty
▪ bathroom , shower , toilet (all esp. AmE )
▪ choir , horse
▪ starting ( esp. BrE )
▪
The horse refused to enter the starting ~s.
VERB + STALL
▪ clean , muck , muck out
▪
We had to muck out ~s and groom the horses.
STALL + NOUN
▪ door
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ effectively
▪
Discussions were effectively ~ed by the union's refusal to participate.
PHRASES
▪ be currently ~ed , be temporarily ~ed
▪
The peace process is currently ~ed.
▪ ~ for time
▪
He asked them all kinds of pointless questions, ~ing for time.
Stall is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ car , ↑ engine , ↑ progress , ↑ talk