stopgap
something that fills the place of something else that is lacking; temporary substitute; makeshift: Candles are a stopgap when the electricity fails.
makeshift: This is only a stopgap solution.
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How to use stopgap in a sentence
There could be no more stopgaps, no more delays in his plans to marry Joan and settle down.
The Monster | S. M. TenneshawOne umbrella, were it no bigger than a fairy mushroom, is worth ten such stopgaps.
Ulysses | James Joyce
British Dictionary definitions for stopgap
/ (ˈstɒpˌɡæp) /
a temporary substitute for something else
(as modifier): a stopgap programme
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