Definitions for stoppage

stoppage stop·page

Spelling: [stop-ij]
IPA: /ˈstɒp ɪdʒ/

Stoppage is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 280 anagrams from letters in stoppage (aegoppst).

Definitions for stoppage

noun

  1. an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity:
  2. the state of being stopped:

Origin of stoppage

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at stop, -age

Examples for stoppage

Try as they might, they could find no cause for the stoppage.

I had my own particular reason to rejoice coincident with the stoppage of the grass.

He must have noticed the stoppage, but he came straight on until he joined the group.

They had their aim disarranged by the sudden jolt and stoppage of the car.

How sublime was the stoppage of a mail as the index of rebellion.

That the stoppage is not a fact, because nature abhors a vacuum?

I had seen the flying-belt thrown from the machine and the stoppage of the engine.

The choking of a plane is the stoppage of the throat by shavings.

Cornell, it is stated, injured his machine to furnish an excuse for the stoppage of the work.

The stoppage was observed by 140 union members, according to the Daily Telegraph including gardeners, waiters, cooks and valets.

Word Value for stoppage
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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