stopped-up

Definitions of stopped-up
  1. adjective
    having narrow opening filled
    synonyms: chinked
    caulked
    having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler
  2. adjective
    (of a nose) blocked
    synonyms: stopped, stopped up
    obstructed
    shut off to passage or view or hindered from action
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