Stops

What do we mean by stops?

A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.

An action of stopping; interruption of travel.

That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.

A device intended to block the path of a moving object

A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.

A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.

A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.

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.

A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.

The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.

A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.

A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.

An f-stop.

The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.

A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.

Words that are spelled similarly to stops:
stops, stop, steps, stope, tops, sops, slops, shops, stoss, stopes, strops, stoops, stopt, scops, stoas, estops, soops, stobs, stopp, stomps, stows, stoups, etops, stips, stopa, stols, stoeps, stos, stots, stoos, swops, staps, stoms, stps, atops, syops.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word stops:
voiceless, aspirated, restart, lap, consonants, caution, nasal, pedal, fumble, pit, laps, tram, buses, pipes, voiced, bus, stop, guam, organ, stopping, routes, stations, kyle, trains, asks, transit, train, pearl, express, metro, tells, harbor, starts, route, station, platforms, sees, avenue, gets, rail, truck.

Words that rhyme with stops:
ops, props, triceratops, tops, hops, chops, drops, crops, cyclops, pops, sops, cops, flops, slops, eyedrops, shops, raindrops, strops, clops, workshops, treetops, mops, topps, rooftops, shoppes, countertops, rops, swaps, gflops, wops, gigaflops, bookshops, mflops, plops, kops, hoppes, desktops, lollipops, sweatshops, copps, backdrops, hilltops, knockout drops, common hops, mountaintops, laptops, bellhops, hopps, genus cyclops, pawnshops, coral drops, genus triceratops, swops, koppes, turboprops, nonstops, bookstops, moppes, non-stops, paysops, propps, rasterops.

Adjectives that are often used to describe stops:
full, frequent, voiceless, many, several, few, more, double, intermediate, sudden, current, various, regular, final, overnight, brief, short, initial, numerous, aspirated, mechanical, centric, reed, unaspirated, voiced, oral, fewer, quick, glottal, dental, adjustable, multiple, occasional, additional, nasal, labial, unvoiced, unscheduled, automatic, longer, rest, abrupt, prenasalized, whistle, usual, routine, toned, necessary, occlusal, vertical, plain, intervocalic, foot, extra, palatal, favorite, glottalized, suitable, unnecessary, temporary, periodic, one, velar.

Consonant match to stops:
steps, stapes, steppes, stipes, stopes, steeps, stoops, stoups.

Words that sound like stops:
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