stopper

Roget category 263

2. Words relating to space
› 2.3. Form
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#263. Stopper

noun

stopper, stopple — plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap — rammer^† — ram, ramrod — piston — stop-gap — wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil^†, pledget^†, tompion^†, tourniquet.
cover etc. 223 — valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve.
janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary^†.

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