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| stope [ stōp ] |
noun (plural stopes) |
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step-shaped excavation: an excavation that resembles steps, used especially in the mining of ore
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle stoped, present participle stop·ing, 3rd person present singular stopes) |
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make step-shaped excavations: to make stopes in a mine, or extract ore in this way
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| [Mid-18th century. Origin ?] |
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