Stope Definition

stōp
stoped, stopes, stoping
noun
A steplike excavation formed by the removal of ore from around a mine shaft.
Webster's New World
verb
To remove (ore) from or mine by means of a stope.
American Heritage
To mine in stopes.
Webster's New World
(mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
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Other Word Forms of Stope

Noun

Singular:
stope
Plural:
stopes

Origin of Stope

  • Apparently related to step, but with uncertain phonological development. Perhaps from a German Low German word like Stoop (“step"), from Middle Low German stōpe (“step"). More at stoop.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps from Low German step from Middle Low German stōpe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Stope Sentence Examples

  • The right branch went into a large stope with a wooden launder in the floor.

  • The main haulage tracks are laid at the bottom of the stope, which thus forms the level.

  • West passes a winze on the left to reach a collapsed stope.

  • When the roof is weak, or when it is undesirable to leave so much ore in the stopes, false stulls are sometimes erected in the upper part of the stope.

  • The ore below the false stulls can then be drawn out without waiting for the completion of the top stope.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTO

Words Ending With

EPEOPE

Unscrambles

stope

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