stoppage
n 1: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check";
"during the halt he got some lunch"; "he spent the
entire stay in his room" [syn: {arrest}, {check}, {halt},
{hitch}, {stay}, {stop}]
2: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber
to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: {blockage},
{block}, {closure}, {occlusion}, {stop}]
3: the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some
remarkable stops" [syn: {stop}]