Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stoppage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stoppage \Stop"page\, n.
The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or
action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of
the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stoppage
n 1: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check";
"during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay
enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire
stop in his seat" [syn: {arrest}, {check}, {halt}, {hitch},
{stay}, {stop}]
2: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber
to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: {blockage},
{block}, {closure}, {occlusion}, {stop}]
3: the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some
remarkable stops"; "stoppage of the flow resulted in a
flood" [syn: {stop}]
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