Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stopple

1 sense of stopple

Sense 1
plug, stopper, stopple -- (blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly)
       => blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage -- (an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stopple

1 sense of stopple

Sense 1
stopper, stopple -- (close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers")
       => plug, stop up, secure -- (fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak")

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