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Stoppage
noun
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Noun
- 1 A pause or halt of some activity.
"The length of the stoppages could not well be reduced; indeed, they are already too short if we are to believe the tale now current of a wandering Jew sort of passenger—a lady of advanced years who can only alight from a train backwards. Every time she begins to get out a porter rushes up crying "Hurry up, ma'am; train's going!"—and pushes her in again!"
- 2 the act of stopping something wordnet
- 3 Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity; a blockage or obstruction.
- 4 an obstruction in a pipe or tube wordnet
- 5 the state of inactivity following an interruption wordnet
Etymology
From stop + -age.
See also for "stoppage"
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