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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

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William Shakespeare