stoppage in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   arrest  check  halt  hitch  stay  stop  stoppage 
   
2. an obstruction in a pipe or tube
   "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
   blockage  block  closure  occlusion  stop  stoppage 
   
3. the act of stopping something
   "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
   stop  stoppage