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Defenition of the word stall

    • Defenition of the word stall

      • A stall, or light structure for the sale of goods or for display purposes, as at a market, exhibition, or fair.
      • small area set off by walls for special use
      • small individual study area in a library
      • postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
      • a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
      • a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it"
      • deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesnt' want to write the report, so she is stalling"
      • cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
      • cause an airplane to go into a stall
      • experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
      • put into, or keep in, a stall
      • come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"
      • a tactic used to mislead or delay
      • a place where articles are displayed for sale
      • a booth where articles are displayed for sale
      • a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn''t control it"
      • deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn''t want to write the report, so she is stalling"
      • put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse"
      • seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
      • a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
      • deliberately delay an event or action
      • come to a stop
      • cause an engine to stop
      • postpone doing what one should be doing

    Synonyms for the word stall

      • booth
      • carrel
      • carrell
      • conk
      • cubicle
      • dilly-dally
      • drag one's feet
      • kiosk
      • procrastinate
      • sales booth
      • stalling
      • stand

    Meronymys for the word stall

      • depository library
      • horse barn
      • library
      • stable
      • stalls

    Hyponyms for the word stall

      • call box
      • coffee stall
      • confessional
      • newsstand
      • phone booth
      • polling booth
      • procrastinate
      • prompt box
      • prompter's box
      • shower bath
      • shower stall
      • stonewalling
      • telephone booth
      • telephone box
      • telephone kiosk
      • tolbooth
      • tollbooth
      • tollhouse
      • voting booth

    Hypernyms for the word stall

      • alcove
      • bay
      • bield
      • booth
      • closet
      • compartment
      • delay
      • detain
      • halt
      • hold up
      • malfunction
      • misconduct
      • obstruction
      • seating
      • seating area
      • seating room
      • seats
      • shelter
      • shop
      • stop
      • store
      • wrongdoing

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