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# stopper

«stopper» in Mova's school dictionary: **a plug or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (stopper, stoppers)

### meaning for a pupil

A stopper is a plug or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopper/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a stopper seals a jar or bottle, often keeping something trapped inside

### examples

- Pull the stopper out of the bottle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopper/#x1)
- The jar had a cork stopper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopper/#x2)
- Put the stopper back in the jar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopper/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stopper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.