Stope
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation [stoʊp] · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stope is a noun meaning A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
Meaning
A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
More Meanings
- (mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.
- (mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
- (obsolete) simple past of step
Example Sentences
The other smell […] that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes, from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself.
Word Forms
- stopes
- stoping
- stoped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overhand, stoper, stob, stoop, stemple, stempel.
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