Noun: full stop fûl stóp
- A punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
"In British English, 'full stop' is used instead of 'period'"; "In British English, 'full stop' is used instead of 'point'"; "In British English, 'full stop' is used instead of 'full point'";
- period, point, stop, full point [Brit, rare]
Derived forms: full stops
Type of: punctuation, punctuation mark [Brit]
Encyclopedia: Full stop