"stop-gap" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} stop-gap (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly British spelling) Alternative form of stopgap Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: stopgap
    Sense id: en-stop-gap-en-adj-Jf4PRxZK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 32 35

Noun

Forms: stop-gaps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stop-gap (plural stop-gaps)
  1. (chiefly British spelling) Alternative form of stopgap Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: stopgap
    Sense id: en-stop-gap-en-noun-Jf4PRxZK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 32 35

Verb

Forms: stop-gaps [present, singular, third-person], stop-gapping [participle, present], stop-gapped [participle, past], stop-gapped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} stop-gap (third-person singular simple present stop-gaps, present participle stop-gapping, simple past and past participle stop-gapped)
  1. (chiefly British spelling) Alternative form of stopgap Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: stopgap
    Sense id: en-stop-gap-en-verb-Jf4PRxZK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 32 35

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for stop-gap meaning in English (2.4kB)

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