stop-loss order
— Noun
– English
～ an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level
stop bath
— Noun
– English
～ an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer
stop consonant
— Noun
– English
～ a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"
stop number
— Noun
– English
～ the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
stop
— Noun
– English
～ a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
stop
— Noun
– English
～ the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
stop
— Noun
– English
～ a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"
stop
— Noun
– English
～ a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
stop
— Noun
– English
～ a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"
stop
— Noun
– English
～ (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes; "the organist pulled out all the stops"
stop
— Noun
– English
～ the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
stop payment
— Noun
– English
～ a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check
stop order
— Noun
– English
～ an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level
stop
— Noun
– English
～ an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
stop press
— Noun
– English
～ late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute
short-stop bath
— Noun
– English
～ an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer
short-stop
— Noun
– English
～ an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer
stop
— Verb
– English
～ put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
stop
— Verb
– English
～ hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
stop
— Verb
– English
～ come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"