STOPPERED

stoppered

(adjective) (of a container) having a stopper in the opening; “the tightly stoppered bottles”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

stoppered

simple past tense and past participle of stopper

Adjective

stoppered (not comparable)

Fitted with a stopper

Anagrams

• preposted

Source: Wiktionary


STOPPER

Stop"per, n.

1. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. Totten.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia. C. S. Sargent. Ring stopper (Naut.), a short rope or chain passing through the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead.

– Stopper bolt (Naut.), a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck stoppers are hooked.

Stop"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoppered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoppering.]

Definition: To close or secure with a stopper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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