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stope

[ stohp ]

noun

  1. any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.


verb (used with or without object)

, stoped, stop·ing.
  1. to mine or work by stopes.

stope

/ stəʊp /

noun

  1. a steplike excavation made in a mine to extract ore
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to mine (ore, etc) by cutting stopes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stope1

1740–50; apparently < Low German stope; stoop 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stope1

C18: probably from Low German stope; see stoop ²
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Example Sentences

We need to stope mistaking success for heroism.

“It’s really weird ... coming back to school and not being able to see those people, student Michael Stope, 17, said of the victims. But beginning the healing process is necessary, said Strope. Gesturing toward a fence lined with bouquets, balloons, stuffed animals and messages of support, he said, “I don’t think we could have done it any better than this.”

There are companies with accounts so perfected that it is possible to quickly ascertain, to a fraction of a cent, what the expenditures of any day have been for any particular part of the operations, as for instance, the haulage per ton underground, or the fuse employed in the blasting of a particular stope.

Stope, stōp, v.t. to excavate, to remove the contents of a vein.—n. an excavation for this purpose.—n.

Stool = Face of a drift or stope.

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