shut off

Questions about shut off

What does shut off mean?

shut off means "stem the flow of". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for shut off?

Close synonyms include close off, close off, block off, close off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shut off a common word?

shut off is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.