Stopes

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  • n. Plural form of stope.
    • Word Usage
    "The places where the men are taking out the ore are called "stopes," and to reach them we have to crawl and creep through all sorts of winding passages, now through a "manhole," and now down a long ladder which descends into black depths."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    birth-control reformer    birth-control campaigner   
     
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