To save this word, you'll need to log in.
\ ˈen(d)-ˌstäpt 
\
\Definition of end-stopped
: marked by a logical or rhetorical pause at the end
an end-stopped line of verse — compare run-on
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on end-stopped
What made you want to look up end-stopped? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
Intact Latin Quiz
- What did focus mean in Latin?
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridgedWords at Play
Ask the Editors
Word Games
- Intact Latin Quiz
What did each of these words mean to ancient Romans?
Take the quiz - The Eponym Quiz
Do you know these words that come from names?
Take the quiz - Spell It
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
Take the quiz - Dictionary Devil
The dictionary has been scrambled—can you put it back together?
Play the game
Share end-stopped
Time Traveler for end-stopped
The first known use of end-stopped was in 1877
See more words from the same year