(rail transport, UK) a device installed at the end of a railway line or siding, which is intended to stop trains and other rail vehicles going any further.

Alternately active and inactive; intermittent.

An economic policy of this kind.

(chiefly Canada, US, Australia) A roadside service area, usually consisting of a restaurant and service station and sometimes a motel or hotel, where drivers of long-haul trucks can stop to refuel, eat, and rest.

Synonym of stopwatch

(music) to play on two stopped strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.

(music) a chord or combination composed of two notes played on separate strings simultaneously.

Relating to a public transport service that serves a limited number of places or stations along its route.

(intransitive, cricket) To field in the role of long stop.

plural of stop thrust