stopper
nounmasculine/tɐ̃ˈpɐ̃w̃/medium
tam·pão
Definition
Object used to close or seal the opening of a container, channel, or orifice.
He put a stopper in the bottle to preserve the wine.
She uses earplugs to sleep in noisy environments.
Common collocations
cork stopperearplugrubber plugto put in a plug
Idiomatic expressions
- earplugs (device to protect from noise)
Etymology
Do francês 'tampon', que significa 'rolha', 'bucha'.