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Showing words for STOPES using the English dictionary
6 Letter Words for Stopes
estops, pestos, posset, ptoses, stoeps, stopes
5 Letter Words for Stopes
estop, osset, pesos, pesto, pests, petos, poets, poses, posse, posts, potes, septs, speos, spets, spots, steps, stoep, stope, stops, topes, toses
4 Letter Words for Stopes
epos, esop, ests, opes, opts, oses, osse, peso, pess, pest, peto, pets, poet, pose, poss, post, pote, pots, psst, psts, seps, sept, sets, sope, sops, sots, spet, spot, step, stop, toes, tope, tops, tose, toss
3 Letter Words for Stopes
eos, esp, ess, est, oes, ope, ops, opt, ose, pes, pet, pos, pot, pst, pte, pts, sep, set, sop, sot, sps, spt, sse, ssp, tes, toe, top, tos, tps, tsp, tss
Definitions for Stopes
[1] Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
[2] any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
[3] to mine or work by stopes.
[4] Marie Carmichael. 1880–1958, English pioneer of birth control, who established the first birth-control clinic in Britain (1921)
[5] a steplike excavation made in a mine to extract ore
[6] to mine (ore, etc) by cutting stopes
Origin of Stopes
1740–50; apparently < Low German stope; see stoop2
Word origin for Stopes
C18: probably from Low German stope; see stoop ²