stope

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Synonyms: scope, slope, stone, stop, tope, store, stoke, stipe, stove, strope, stole

Antonyms: scope, slope, stone, stop, tope, store, stoke, stipe, stove, strope, stole

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Noun

1. 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

1. simple past of step

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