Definition of Stoppable

1. Adjective. Capable of being stopped. "If we pick up our pace he may be stoppable"

Similar to: Abatable
Antonyms: Unstoppable

Definition of Stoppable

1. Adjective. Capable of being stopped. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stoppable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoppable

stoping
stopings
stopless
stoplight
stoplights
stoplist
stoplists
stopo watch
stopoff
stopoffs
stoponium
stoponiums
stopover
stopovers
stopp'd
stoppable (current term)
stoppage
stoppage time
stoppages
stoppaniite
stopped
stopped-up
stopped-up(a)
stopped over
stopped pipe
stopped pipes
stopped up(p)
stopper
stopper knot
stopper knots

Literary usage of Stoppable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. French Perceptions of the Early American Republic, 1783-1793 by Peter P. Hill (1988)
"To them, the exchange of needed grain for profitable sugar was no more stoppable than the diurnal tides. Indeed, when food ran in short supply, ..."

2. French Perceptions of the Early American Republic, 1783-1793 by Peter P. Hill (1988)
"To them, the exchange of needed grain for profitable sugar was no more stoppable than the diurnal tides. Indeed, when food ran in short supply, ..."

3. The New York Stock Exchange: A Discussion of the Business Done, Its Relation by H. S. Martin (1919)
"He marks the cards; he provides that the roulette wheel is stoppable within certain fixed limits; that the faro-box will eject such a card as he desires; ..."

4. Experiences in Efficiency by Benjamin Alvey Franklin (1918)
"Needless to say the reports were not credible; and what was really most important—waste was not stoppable under such conditions, to say nothing of the ..."

5. Now Is Too Late 2: Survival in an Era of Instant News by Gerald R. Baron (2006)
"Globalization appears to have achieved momentum that will make it stoppable only by a cataclysm of an almost unimaginable scale. ..."

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