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Word On An Octagonal Sign Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is STOP which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: STOP

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199%4Exact Match!
231%7 Element used to convert the 90-degree-angle corners of a square room into an octagonal base for a dome
331%9 Surrounded by octagonal basins and gravel paths

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We think the answer is "STOP" which means:

    noun
  • • The event of something ending
  • • The act of stopping something
  • • A brief stay in the course of a journey
  • • The state of inactivity following an interruption
  • • A spot where something halts or pauses
  • • A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
  • • A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
  • • (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
  • • A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
  • • A restraint that checks the motion of something
  • • An obstruction in a pipe or tube
  • verb
  • • Come to a halt, stop moving
  • • Put an end to a state or an activity
  • • Stop from happening or developing
  • • Interrupt a trip
  • • Cause to end
  • • Prevent completion
  • • Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
  • • Seize on its way
  • • Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
  • • Render unsuitable for passage
  • • Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
  • adjective
  • • Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "I missed my bus because i couldn't find the bus stop."
  • • "The delivery truck made a sudden stop to avoid hitting a pedestrian."

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