the act of stopping something | the act of preventing |
a brief stay in the course of a journey | a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon |
a restraint that checks the motion of something | an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal |
an obstruction in a pipe or tube | a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter |
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | a counter where you can obtain food or drink |
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes | a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) |
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried |
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | a heating element in an electric fire |
the event of something ending | a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises |
a spot where something halts or pauses | a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background |
the state of inactivity following an interruption | musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats |
| the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction |
| a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore |
| (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter |