As verbs the difference between stoped and sloped
is that
stoped is past tense of stope while
sloped is past tense of slope.
As an adjective sloped is
that has or have a slope.
stoped English
Verb
(head)
(stope)
stope English
Noun
( en noun)
A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, page 318,
- The other smell that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes , from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself.
Derived terms
* stope assay plan
* stope board
* stope fillings
* stope hoist
* stope pillar
Verb
(mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.
(mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
Anagrams
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sloped English
Verb
(head)
(slope)
Synonyms
* slanted
* sloping
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