stopple

English

Etymology

From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, partly from Old French estopail, estopaille, and partly equivalent to stop +‎ -le.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɒpəl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒpəl

Noun

stopple (plural stopples)

  1. A plug; a stopper.
  2. (botany) A projection or lid in a pollen grain that falls away to allow the passage of the pollen tube.

Verb

stopple (third-person singular simple present stopples, present participle stoppling, simple past and past participle stoppled)

  1. (transitive) To plug; to stop up.
    Synonym: estop

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