stopper
- Noun. Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.
- Noun. A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
- Noun. A bung or cork.
- Noun. (slang, soccer) goalkeeper.
- Noun. (context, finance) In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
- Noun. (rail transport) A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
- Verb. To close a container by using a stopper.
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