noun Download 🔗Share A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station. Examples : "They agreed to meet at the bus stop." vehicle place traffic essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An action of stopping; interruption of travel. Examples : "That stop was not planned." action vehicle traffic essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment. Examples : "The heavy traffic was a major stop to their journey. " action condition situation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A device intended to block the path of a moving object Examples : "door stop" device machine part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis. Examples : "The "stop" sound in the word "stop" is made by blocking air flow with your tongue. " language phonetics linguistics sound essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon. Examples : "The teacher used a variety of stops in her lesson, including commas, periods, and semicolons, to help the students understand the different ways sentences could be structured. " grammar language writing linguistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ. Examples : "The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled." organ music device essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced. Examples : "The clarinet player covered the stop near the mouthpiece to change the note. " music part sound essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible. Examples : "The tennis player hit a quick stop, hoping it would bounce just once before landing near the baseline. " sport essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones. Examples : "The dog's deep stop made its face look a little squished. " anatomy animal body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light. Examples : "The camera's stop was set to f/8 to prevent the image from being too bright. " technology device essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image. Examples : "The photographer adjusted the exposure stops to capture the bright sunlight reflecting off the lake. " technology physics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An f-stop. Examples : "The camera instructions said to set the f-stop to 5.6 for a sharp picture. " technology art essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses. Examples : "The photographer used a stop to darken the image, preventing stray light from entering the lens. " technology physics device essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A coup d'arret, or stop thrust. Examples : "The sudden stop of the car was a jarring experience for the passengers. " military weapon essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cease moving. Examples : "I stopped at the traffic lights." action vehicle essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To not continue. Examples : "Soon the rain will stop." action process essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share (often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens. Examples : "To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22." technology art media essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part. Examples : "The guitarist stopped the strings on the fretboard to play a different note. " music sound technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To punctuate. Examples : "The teacher stopped the discussion to explain the next math problem. " grammar writing language essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A small well-bucket; a milk-pail. Examples : "My grandmother used a wooden stop to carry water from the well. " utensil agriculture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark. Examples : "The stop squark is a theoretical particle, a type of superpartner to the top quark. " physics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading