1. a cork or plug used to close the opening of a bottle or container

1. to close or seal with a cork or plug

Examples

• The wine bottle had a tight stopple that was difficult to remove.
• She carefully placed the stopple back in the medicine bottle.
• The old apothecary jar still had its original glass stopple.
• He used a wooden stopple to seal the homemade cider.
• Please stopple the bottle tightly to prevent spills.
• The pharmacist stoppled each vial after measuring the medicine.