stopgap

stopgap
/stop"gap'/, n.
1. something that fills the place of something else that is lacking; temporary substitute; makeshift: Candles are a stopgap when the electricity fails.
adj.
2. makeshift: This is only a stopgap solution.
[1525-35; n., adj. use of v. phrase stop a gap]
Syn. 2. improvised, temporary, substitute, impromptu.

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