stoppage

the state of inactivity following an interruption

• “the negotiations were in arrest”
• “held them in check”
• “during the halt he got some lunch”
• “the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow”
• “he spent the entire stop in his seat”

an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• “we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe”

the act of stopping something

• “the third baseman made some remarkable stops”
• “his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood”