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Stowed vs Stoped - What's the difference?

stowed | stoped |

As verbs the difference between stowed and stoped

is that stowed is past tense of stow while stoped is past tense of stope.

stowed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (stow)

    • stow

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) stowe, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A place.
    • Quotations
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) stowen, stawen, stewen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to put something away in a compact and tidy manner
  • to put something away to store it in a space-saving manner and over a long time
    • Related terms
    * bestow * stow away

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    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.

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