Dictionary

stoppage en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English stop Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English stoppage From stop + -age.

Meanings

1. A pause or halt of some activity.
   • The laws are controversial. Forcing someone to work during a lawful strike is a major step. It was always likely to inflame a situation, and so it proved with LNER. ASLEF's counter-tactic came as a five-day walkout, which would have been the longest stoppage for many years had LNER not withdrawn its plan. 2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Railway's fragile resilience”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 3:
   • The length of the stoppages could not well be reduced; indeed, they are already too short if we are to believe the tale now current of a wandering Jew sort of passenger—a lady of advanced years who can only alight from a train backwards. Every time she begins to get out a porter rushes up crying "Hurry up, ma'am; train's going!"—and pushes her in again! 1944 May and June, “When the Circle was Steam Operated”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:
   • A "who-does-what" labour dispute at Swindon works during April led to a stoppage of work on the construction of the new 0-6-0 Type 1 diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the D9500 series and work had not been resumed as we closed for press. 1964 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: BR Workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 432:
   • The brakes were specially developed by the Westinghouse Air Brake Company to provide smooth stoppages under automatic operation. 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Automated trains in New York”, in Trains Illustrated, page 78:
2. Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity; a blockage or obstruction.

Forms

Deriveds

stoppage time

Synonyms

halt · interregnum · hiatus · stopping · recess · hiatus · suspension · demurral · halting · jam · cessation · caesura · gap · pause · breather · recess · lapse · moratorium · moratorium · interruption · break · resting · stoppage · respite

Translations (32)

ca bloqueig (something that forms an obstacle to continued activity) · fi tukos (something that forms an obstacle to continued activity) · fi katkos (pause or halt of some activity) · gv neuhaaley (pause or halt of some activity) · bg задръжка (something that forms an obstacle to continued activity) · es bloqueo (something that forms an obstacle to continued activity) · gv stad (pause or halt of some activity) · ru заде́ржка (pause or halt of some activity) · bg спиране (pause or halt of some activity) · ru загво́здка (something that forms an obstacle to continued activity) · ca aturada (pause or halt of some activity) · cs dopravní zácpa (something that forms an obstacle to continued activity) · tr sekte (pause or halt of some activity) · es parada (pause or halt of some activity) · cmn 停機 /停机 (pause or halt of some activity) · ru остано́вка (pause or halt of some activity) · ta தடுப்பு (something that forms an obstacle to continued activity) · cs překážka (something that forms an obstacle to continued activity) · cs zaražení (pause or halt of some activity) · ta நிறுத்தம் (pause or halt of some activity) · es paro (pause or halt of some activity) · ta தடை (something that forms an obstacle to continued activity) · te నిలుపుదల (pause or halt of some activity) · te ఆపుదల (pause or halt of some activity) · fi seisokki (pause or halt of some activity) · bg прекратяване (pause or halt of some activity) · gv stholk (pause or halt of some activity) · fi este (something that forms an obstacle to continued activity) · cs zastavení (pause or halt of some activity) · cs přerušení (pause or halt of some activity) · ru просто́й (pause or halt of some activity) · gv sthappal (pause or halt of some activity)