Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. |
Station (n.) The act of standing |
Station (n.) A state of standing or rest |
Station (n.) The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time |
Station (n.) A regular stopping place in a stage road or route |
Station (n.) The headquarters of the police force of any precinct. |
Station (n.) The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying. |
Station (n.) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs |
Station (n.) A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely. |
Station (n.) A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty. |
Station (n.) A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them |
Station (n.) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc. |
Station (n.) Post assigned |
Station (n.) Situation |
Station (n.) State |
Station (n.) The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion. |
Station (n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers. |
Station (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion |
Station (v. t.) To place |
Stop (v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing |
Stop (v. t.) To obstruct |
Stop (v. t.) To arrest the progress of |
Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving |
Stop (v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part. |
Stop (v. t.) To point, as a composition |
Stop (v. t.) To make fast |
Stop (v. i.) To cease to go on |
Stop (v. i.) To cease from any motion, or course of action. |
Stop (v. i.) To spend a short time |
Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped |
Stop (n.) That which stops, impedes, or obstructs |
Stop (n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought. |
Stop (n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone |
Stop (n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes |
Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far. |
Stop (n.) A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses |
Stop (n.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses. |
Stop (n.) The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds. |
Stop (n.) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc. |
Stop-gap (n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap |
Stop-over (a.) Permitting one to stop over |
Ticket (v.) A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something. |
Ticket (v.) A little note or notice. |
Ticket (v.) A tradesman's bill or account. |
Ticket (v.) A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance |
Ticket (v.) A label to show the character or price of goods. |
Ticket (v.) A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like. |
Ticket (v.) A printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election |
Ticket (v. t.) To distinguish by a ticket |
Ticket (v. t.) To furnish with a tickets |
Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
split ticket | a ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one party |
straight ticket | a ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party |
whistle-stop tour | a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited, in Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours |
stop stopover layover | a brief stay in the course of a journey, they made a stopover to visit their friends |
night-stop | a break in a journey for the night |
pit stop | a brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the car |
pit stop | a stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment |
stop stoppage | the act of stopping something, the third baseman made some remarkable stops, his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood |
air base air station | a base for military aircraft |
beach wagon station wagon wagon estate car beach waggon station waggon waggon | a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat |
blockage block closure occlusion stop stoppage | an obstruction in a pipe or tube, we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
booster booster amplifier booster station relay link relay station relay transmitter | an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal |
box office ticket office ticket booth | the office where tickets of admission are sold |
broadcasting station broadcast station | a station equipped to broadcast radio or television programs |
bus terminal bus depot bus station coach station | a terminal that serves bus passengers |
catch stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something, he used a book as a stop to hold the door open |
diapason diapason stop | either of the two main stops on a pipe organ |
diaphragm stop | a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens, the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically |
dressing station aid station | (military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded |
fire station firehouse | a station housing fire apparatus and firemen |
first-aid station | a station providing emergency care or treatment before regular medical aid can be obtained |
flue stop | an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe |
gasoline station gas station filling station petrol station | a service station that sells gasoline |
lookout observation tower lookout station observatory | a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings |
metro tube underground subway system subway | an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city), in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground' |
naval installation shore station | military installation servicing naval forces |
observation station | a station set up for making observations of something |
organ stop | a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality |
pay-phone pay-station | a coin-operated telephone |
police station police headquarters station house | a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district, serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought |
power station power plant powerhouse | an electrical generating station |
public toilet comfort station public convenience convenience public lavatory restroom toilet facility wash room | a toilet that is available to the public |
pull-off rest area rest stop layby lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
pump house pumping station | a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated |
radio station | station for the production and transmission of AM or FM radio broadcasts |
railway station railroad station railroad terminal train station train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
reed stop | an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument |
remote terminal link-attached terminal remote station link-attached station | a terminal connected to a computer by a data link |
sampling station sampler | an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something |
service station | a station where gasoline and oil are sold and facilities are available for repairing or maintaining automobiles |
space station space platform space laboratory | a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research |
station | a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose, he started looking for a gas station, the train pulled into the station |
Station of the Cross | a representation of any of the stages in Christ's journey to Calvary |
stop | (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes, the organist pulled out all the stops |
stop bath short-stop short-stop bath | an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer |
stopwatch stop watch | a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) |
subway station | a terminal where subways load and unload passengers |
television station TV station | station for the production and transmission of television broadcasts |
ticket window | a window through which tickets are sold (as from a ticket booth) |