bloquer un cheque

Phonetic: "/stɒp/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.

Example: They agreed to meet at the bus stop.

Definition: An action of stopping; interruption of travel.

Example: That stop was not planned.

Definition: That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.

Definition: A device intended to block the path of a moving object

Example: door stop

Definition: A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.

Definition: A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.

Definition: A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.

Example: The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.

Definition: One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.

Definition: A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.

Definition: The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.

Example: The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked.

Definition: A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.

Definition: A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.

Definition: An f-stop.

Definition: The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.

Definition: A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.

Phonetic: "/stɒp/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To cease moving.

Example: I stopped at the traffic lights.

Definition: To not continue.

Example: Soon the rain will stop.

Definition: To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

Example: The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.

Definition: To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).

Example: One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting.

Definition: To cause (something) to come to an end.

Example: The referees stopped the fight.

Definition: To close or block an opening.

Example: He stopped the wound with gauze.

Definition: (often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.

Example: To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.

Definition: To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.

Example: He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.

Definition: To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.

Definition: To punctuate.

Definition: To make fast; to stopper.

Phonetic: "/æɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

Phonetic: "/tʃɛk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.

Example: I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.