stall meaning

UK /stɔːl/ US /stɔl/ 1 syllable

stall (noun): a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed.

stall has 14 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.

stall as a noun

a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
Type of: compartment
small area set off by walls for special use
Synonyms: booth, cubicle, kiosk
Type of: closet
Kinds: confessional, polling booth, prompt box, shower stall, telephone booth, tollbooth, voting booth
a booth where articles are displayed for sale
Synonyms: stand, sales booth
Type of: booth
Kinds: coffee stall, newsstand
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
Type of: malfunction
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
Type of: seating
small individual study area in a library
Synonyms: carrel, carrell, cubicle
Type of: alcove
a tactic used to mislead or delay
Synonyms: stalling
Type of: obstruction
Kinds: stonewalling

postpone doing what one should be doing
- He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
Synonyms: procrastinate, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
Type of: delay
Kinds: procrastinate
come to a stop
- The car stalled in the driveway
Synonyms: conk
Type of: stop
deliberately delay an event or action
- she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling
Type of: delay
Related forms: stalling
put into, or keep in, a stall
- Stall the horse
Type of: shelter
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
Type of: stop
cause an airplane to go into a stall
Type of: stop
cause an engine to stop
- The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car
Type of: stop

stall is pronounced /stɔːl/ in British English and /stɔl/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Scrabble score: 5 (letter breakdown)

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