DEAD STOP

  

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DEAD STOP

Specialty Definition: DEAD STOP

DomainDefinition

Mechanical Engineering

An immovable stop serving to limit a stroke to a definite length. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: DEAD STOP

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cessation

Dead stop, dead stand, dead lock; finis, cerrado; blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration; comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop; end; death.

Quiescence

Pause, lull; (cessation); stand still; standing still; Verb: lock; dead lock, dead stop, dead stand; full stop; fix; embargo.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: DEAD STOP

Specialty definitions using "DEAD STOP": countercurrent braking. (references)

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Expression: DEAD STOP

Expression using "DEAD STOP": come to a dead stop. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DEAD STOP

Language Translations for "DEAD STOP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

fast stop (definite stop, positive stop, stationary stop), fast anslag (definite stop, positive stop, stationary stop). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vaste aanslag (definite stop, positive stop, stationary stop). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kiinteä vaste (definite stop, positive stop, stationary stop), kiinteä rajoitin (definite stop, positive stop, stationary stop). (various references)

   

French

  

butée fixe (definite stop). (various references)

   

German

  

fester Anschlag (definite stop, positive stop, stationary stop). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σταθερό άκρο (definite stop, positive stop, stationary stop), στοπ (definite stop, dog, positive stop, stationary stop, stop). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hirtelen megállás (check, hitch). (various references)

   

Italian

  

arresto fisso (definite stop, positive stop, stationary stop). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eadday opstay

   

Portuguese

  

batente fixo (definite stop, positive stop, stationary stop). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tope fijo (definite stop, positive stop, stationary stop). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tvärstopp, fast anslag (definite stop, positive stop, stationary stop). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tam olarak durma, aniden durma. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DEAD STOP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-o-p-s-t"

-1 letter: adopted, podesta.

-2 letters: adepts, adopts, dadoes, depots, despot, doated, oddest, pasted, posted, sapote, soaped, spaded, stoped.

-3 letters: adept, adopt, apods, dados, dated, dates, datos, deads, depot, doats, doest, dopas, doped, dopes, dosed, doted, dotes, estop, opted, paseo, paste, pated, pates, peats, pesto, poets, posed, psoae, sated, septa, spade, spado, spaed, spate, spode, stade.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-o-p-s-t"
 

+1 letter: postdated.

 

+3 letters: depredators, paddleboats.

 

+4 letters: depredations, disappointed, postdeadline.

 

+5 letters: decompensated, dodecaphonist, endopeptidase, superaddition.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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