Stope

What do we mean by stope?

An excavation in the form of steps made by the mining of ore from steeply inclined or vertical veins. noun

To remove (ore) from or mine by means of a stope. transitive verb

Middle English forms of stapen, past participle of step. noun

An excavation made in a mine to remove the ore which has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts. noun

In mining, to remove the contents of a vein.

An obsolete form of stoop. noun

Stepped; gone; advanced. past participle

To excavate in the form of stopes. transitive verb

To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out. transitive verb

A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps. noun

A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps. noun

To excavate in the form of stopes. verb

To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out. verb

A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.

Words that are spelled similarly to stope:
stope, stone, stop, store, scope, slope, stoke, stove, tope, stole, stote, sope, stops, stowe, stipe, stupe, stome, swope, stape, stopt, stype, shope, stoae, strope, stopp, stopa, stolpe.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word stope:
quint, ore, mining, mine, rock, wide, long.

Words that rhyme with stope:
trope, hope, scope, dope, cope, envelope, rope, slope, grope, misanthrope, soap, telescope, heliotrope, elope, antelope, tope, microscope, kaleidoscope, mope, lope, pope, nope, isotope, periscope, cantaloupe, horoscope, stethoscope, allotrope, gyroscope, endoscope, epitope, sope, oscilloscope, tightrope, swope, ophthalmoscope, interscope, jump rope, proctoscope, bronchoscope, soft soap, winter heliotrope, laryngoscope, guy rope, gastroscope, pronghorn antelope, shope, partenope, light microscope, strope, polariscope, cape of good hope, isentrope, glide slope, forlorn hope, electron microscope, floral envelope, reflecting telescope, continental slope, green soap, saddle soap, radio telescope, softsoap, bar soap, american antelope, sable antelope, goat antelope, newtonian telescope, optical telescope, astronomical telescope, skip rope, skipping rope, toilet soap, window envelope, pay envelope, bath soap, liquid soap, schoepf, towing rope, compound microscope, gregorian telescope, leather soap, shaving soap, face soap, schmidt telescope, garden heliotrope, rising slope, galilean telescope, harnessed antelope, antroscope, ridge rope, solar telescope, invert soap, simple microscope, groep, kope, koepp, schoepp, knope, koep.

Adjectives that are often used to describe stope:
open, overhand, old, underhand, first, large, small, fill, empty, narrow, particular, big, filled, single, main, upper, next, lower, set, underground, horizontal, and, timbered, wide, backfilled, typical, inclined, deep, rich, vertical, flat, foot, adjacent, caved, active, abandoned, entire, continuous, primary, cavernous, sublevel, longitudinal, wall, leading, dark, pillar, hot, overhead, poorest, largest, hand, cut, neighboring, experimental, south.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective stope:
mining.

Consonant match to stope:
stop, step, steep, stoop, steppe, stoup, stipe, stupp, stapp, step-, stepp, stipp, staup.

Words that sound like stope:
stope, stoep, stowp, stop, step, steep, stoop, steppe, stopp, stap, stip, steap, stepp, stipe, stup, stoup, stupe, stape, stupp, stapp, stype, stipp, step-, staup, soap, stab, stub, stow, stoped, sto, stowe, sope, stoper, swope, stopes, stopa, strope, staub, stob, steeb, staab, stolpe, staib, stube, stubbe, stobbe, stolp, soep, stib, sohp, steib, zz top, sip, scope, slope, sap, seep, setup, sep, sapp, cep, seap, cip, situp, set up, sipp, sape, sit-up, sit up, sdo, sepp, sipe, set-up, sepe, ceap, cpe, estep, cyp, iced up, scip, psta, seip, estop, siop, siup, snoep, seipp, ceop, soip, sew up, f-stop, psyop, sippe, sat up, seop, siep, saap, c.p, siap, astoop.