plug, stopper, stopple
(noun) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
stopper, stopple
(verb) close or secure with or as if with a stopper; “She stoppered the wine bottle”; “The mothers stoppered their babies’ mouths with pacifiers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stopple (plural stopples)
A plug; a stopper.
stopple (third-person singular simple present stopples, present participle stoppling, simple past and past participle stoppled)
(transitive) To plug; to stop up.
• loppets, peltops, topples
Source: Wiktionary
Stop"ple, n. Etym: [Cf. G. stöpfel, stöpsel. See Stop, n. & v. t.]
Definition: That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.
Stop"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoppling.]
Definition: To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
