noun
- a cork or plug used to close the opening of a bottle or container
verb
- to close or seal with a cork or plug
Examples
- The wine bottle had a tight stopple that was difficult to remove.
- She carefully placed the stopple back in the medicine bottle.
- The old apothecary jar still had its original glass stopple.
- He used a wooden stopple to seal the homemade cider.
- Please stopple the bottle tightly to prevent spills.
- The pharmacist stoppled each vial after measuring the medicine.