Usually means: Sealing containers with a plug.
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  1. stoppering: Merriam-Webster
  2. stoppering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. stoppering: Vocabulary.com
  4. stoppering: Wordnik
  5. stoppering: Wiktionary
  6. stoppering: Dictionary.com
  7. Stoppering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Stoppering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. stoppering: FreeDictionary.org
  10. stoppering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. stoppering: Legal dictionary

(Note: See stopper as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (stopper)

noun:  A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
noun:  A bung or cork.
noun:  (informal, soccer) Goalkeeper.
noun:  (finance, slang) 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.
noun:  (botany) Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
noun:  (nautical) A short rope for making something fast.
noun:  A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
verb:  To close a container by using a stopper.
▸ Also see stopper


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