Stoppage

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the act of stopping something wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity; a blockage or obstruction.
  4. 4
    an obstruction in a pipe or tube wordnet
  5. 5
    the state of inactivity following an interruption wordnet

Etymology

From stop + -age.

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