Word Meaning

Meaning of "stall" and the crossword clue

- Booth
- Finger cover
- Market stand
- Play for time
- Shudder and stop
- Small container
- Stonewall
- Use delaying tactics
- Way everyone is to play for time
- A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.
- A stable; a place for cattle.
- A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
- A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
- A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.
- In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
- The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.
- To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.
- To fatten; as, to stall cattle.
- To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
- To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.
- To forestall; to anticipitate. Having
- To keep close; to keep secret.
- To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.
- To kennel, as dogs.
- To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
- To be tired of eating, as cattle.