stope

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.

Verb

1. To excavate in the form of stopes.
2. To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

Verb

simple past of step

Concepts

gradin

Synonymes

drill

excavate

mine

mining area

mining field

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[stoʊp]

Étymologie (Anglais)

Apparently related to step, but with uncertain phonological development. Perhaps from a German Low German word like Stoop (“step”), from Middle Low German stōpe (“step”). More at stoop.