stop-gap
stop-gap is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 34 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient. Moral prejudices are the stop-gaps of virtue. Hare.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- beadle
- bung
- cerberus
- cork
- cover
- doorkeeper
- dossil
- janitor
- ostiary
- padding
- peg
- piston
- pledget
- plug
- porter
- ram
- rammer
- ramrod
- slide
- spigot
- spike
- spill
- stopcock
- stopper
- stopping
- stopple
- stuffing
- tap
- tompion
- tourniquet
- valve
- vent
- wadding
- warder
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
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Definition-first questions whose answer is stop-gap.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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