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Wiktionary

STOPE, noun. A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
STOPE, verb. (mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.
STOPE, verb. (mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke