stoppage

Nouns

  • (n) the state of inactivity following an interruption
    • the negotiations were in arrest
    • held them in check
    • during the halt he got some lunch
    • the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
    • he spent the entire stop in his seat
    halt, arrest, hitch, stay, check, stop,
  • (n) an obstruction in a pipe or tube
    • we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
    blockage, occlusion, closure, block, stop,
  • (n) the act of stopping something
    • the third baseman made some remarkable stops
    • his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood
    stop,

Synonyms

halt arrest hitch stay check stop blockage occlusion closure block

Words of close approximity

Stoppard