stall
stall (stôl)
noun
- Obsolete a stable
- a compartment for one animal in a stable
- any of various compartments, booths, separate sections, etc.; specif.,
- a booth, table, or counter, as at a market or fair, at which goods are sold
- a pew or enclosed seat in the main part of a church or in the choir
- a small, enclosed space, as a compartment in which one showers
- ☆ any of the spaces marked off, as in a garage, for parking individual automobiles
- Brit.
- an orchestra seat in a theater, esp. one in the front part
- orchestra (sense ); also, the people sitting in these seats
- a protective sheath, as of rubber, for a finger or thumb; cot
- the condition of being brought to a stop or standstill, as through some malfunction
- Aeron. a condition in which an improper angle of attack and a lack of airspeed combine to disrupt the airflow around an airfoil enough to result in a loss of lift which forces the aircraft to drop, possibly going out of control
Etymology: ME stal < OE steall, place, station, stall, stable, akin to OHG stal < IE base *stel-, to place, set up, stiff, stem > still
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to put, keep, or be kept in a stall
- to cause to stick fast or to be stuck fast, as in mud
- to bring or be brought to a stop or standstill, esp. unintentionally
- to stop or cause to stop through some malfunction: said of a motor or engine
- Aeron. to put or go into a stall
Etymology: ME stallen < the n. & < OFr estaler < Gmc, as in OHG stal
stall (stôl)
intransitive verb
to act or speak evasively or hesitantly so as to deceive or delay to stall for time
Etymology: < stall, decoy, var. of obs. stale, one who lures < Anglo-Fr estale < OFr estaler: see stall,
transitive verb
to put off or delay by stalling: usually with off to stall off creditors
noun
any action, device, etc. used to deceive or delay; evasive trick
stall
v.
To break down
not start, not turn over, stop working, conk out*, go dead*; see also break down 3.To delay
postpone, hamper, hinder; see delay 1.
Object
- tactic: Mrs Litchfield was reportedly acting under advice from Conservative Central Office and was accused of using a stalling tactic.
Converse of object
- sow: Footage of pregnant sows reveals what was once a shed full of sow stalls.
- carve: The carved oak choir stalls were placed in 1908 for £ 75.
- decorate: The markets create a Yuletide Paradise, with wonderfully decorated stalls selling all manner of festive fayre.
- shower: Ground floor: Double bedroom and en-suite bathroom with bath and shower stall, doors to the terrace.
Adjective modifier
- makeshift: Dominican traders with makeshift market stalls try to scrape a living by selling goods on the border.
- open-air: Praia dâOura is great for shopping, with plenty of open-air stalls and street vendors for gifts and souvenirs.
- longitudinal: Carpetted central aisle with longitudinal choir stalls on raised planked floors.
- second-hand: He buys some 1940's clothes from a second-hand stall.
Modifies a noun
- holder: Some budding stall holders could be heard driving a hard bargains for their wears.
- selling: There was a winding cobbled street ahead of us, and a stall selling oranges.
Noun used with modifier
- choir: The carved oak choir stalls were placed in 1908 for £ 75.
- tombola: There will also be a tombola stall; donations of prizes will be most welcome.
- merchandise: The merchandise stall, for instance, is looking threadbare.
- bric-a-brac: Join us not only for coffee and a chat but also to look at the cake, book and bric-a-brac stalls.
- cake: The Marple Methodist Ladies Association ran a cake stall, the proceeds of which were donated to the ` Friends of NH ` .
- craft: Then we were shown to a craft stall where a lady showed us how to design original cards.
Possessives
- butcher: Butchers ' stalls were set up in High Street and Butchers Row ( now Queen Street ).
Preposition: in
Browse dictionary entries near stall
- stalky
- stalking-horse
- stalking
- stalk-eyed
- stalk
- Stalinsk
- Stalino
- Stalingrad
- Stalinabad
- Stalin
- stall-feed
- stallion
- Stallman, Richard
- stalwart
- Stamboul
- stamen
- Stamford
- stamina
- staminal
- staminate
