stope
stope
Definition
stope (stōp)
noun
a steplike excavation formed by the removal of ore from around a mine shaft
Etymology: < MLowG stōpe, akin to step
transitive verb, intransitive verb stoped, stop′·ing
to mine in stopes
stope
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- flood: W and down dip from the junction with the hauling level leads to a flooded stope, Blue Lake.
- reach: West passes a winze on the left to reach a collapsed stope.
Adjective modifier
- large: The right branch went into a large stope with a wooden launder in the floor.
- small: After a short distance the level turns to the right into a small stope.
- high: Five days after they began to work the high stope I went to the mine and found Alexander McMaster & Alexander McPhee at work.
Modifies a noun
- working: East passes through some interesting small stope workings to a collapse at about 45 meters.
Modifying Another Word
- never: I'd passed the book many times in bookstores yet never stoped to look at it.
- there: And theres tons more that I cant remember, probaly more later on but I stoped about there.
- also: Shes also stoped cleaning herself, and never seems to come away from her bed.
Present participle complement
- work: It is little longer than the loco so I assume the second road went out of use after the tram stoped working.
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