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stopple

/ˈstɒpəl/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒpəl

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From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, from Old French estopail, estopaille. By surface analysis, stop + -le.

noun stopples

A plug; a stopper.
A projection or lid in a pollen grain that falls away to allow the passage of the pollen tube.

verb stopples · stoppling · stoppled

transitive To plug; to stop up. Shut your mouth, dame, / Or with this paper shall I stopple it.
Similar: estop, stanch

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"stopple." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stopple. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{stopple_2026,
  title = {stopple},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stopple},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}