stope

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for stope

stope 🔊

stope : රුහකය

stope definition

Intransitive verb. A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.

Transitive 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.

Past Participle. Alt. of Stopen