noun the event of something ending.
— synonyms: halt
noun the act of stopping something.
— synonyms: stoppage
noun a brief stay in the course of a journey.
— synonyms: stopover, layover
noun the state of inactivity following an interruption.
— synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage
noun a spot where something halts or pauses.
noun a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it.
— synonyms: stop_consonant, occlusive, plosive_consonant, plosive_speech_sound, plosive
noun a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations.
— synonyms: period, point, full_stop, full_point
noun (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes.
noun a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens.
— synonyms: diaphragm
noun a restraint that checks the motion of something.
— synonyms: catch
noun an obstruction in a pipe or tube.
— synonyms: blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stoppage
verb come to a halt, stop moving.
— synonyms: halt
verb put an end to a state or an activity.
— synonyms: discontinue, cease, give_up, quit, lay_off
verb stop from happening or developing.
— synonyms: halt, block, kibosh