Synonyms:
stop, stoppage
Meaning: the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
Synonyms:
blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
Meaning: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
Synonyms:
arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
There was a stoppage upon Ludgate Hill.
But, sir, the stoppage of private industry is the result of over-production, and insufficient markets.
The stoppage might arise from many causes, and he was not greatly excited, nor did it seem that others in the carriage took it very seriously; he could hear, after a moment's silence, the talking recommence beyond the partition.
The vehicle travelled very slowly, for the traffic was concentrated in this quarter by reason of the stoppage on Ludgate Hill, and Mr. Dunbar was able to contemplate at his leisure the black prison-walls, and the men and women selling dogs'-collars under their dismal shadows.
Glancing into one open casement near the ground, I saw an aged woman, stout and capped, lie on her face before a very large porcelain stove; but I paced on without stoppage, traversed several streets, and came out, as it became dark, upon a piece of grass-land leading downward to a mountain-gorge.