stopper
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- Someone or something that stops something.
- A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
- A bung or cork.
- Goalkeeper.
- In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
- A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
- Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
- A short rope for making something fast.
- A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
Verb
- To close a container by using a stopper.
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