Stop-gap
Pronunciation : Stop"-gap`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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
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