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— English words —

• stopgap n. (Rare) That which stops up or fills a gap or hole.
• stopgap n. (Figuratively).
• stopgap adj. Short-term; temporary.
• stopgap adj. Filling a gap or pause. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• stopgap v. (Transitive) To stop up or fill (a physical gap or hole, or a hiatus).
• stopgap v. (Intransitive) To use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained.
• stop-gap n. (Chiefly British spelling) Alternative form of stopgap.
• stop-gap adj. (Chiefly British spelling) Alternative form of stopgap.
• stop-gap v. (Chiefly British spelling) Alternative form of stopgap.

— English words, defined in French —

• stopgap adj. Temporaire, à court terme.
• stopgap n. Solution temporaire.

41 English words from 9 English definitions

add alternative better British can Chiefly example Figuratively fill Filling fills fix for form gap hiatus hole Intransitive measure obtained pause physical Rare sense short short␣term something spelling stop stopgap stops stops␣up stop␣up temporary term That this Transitive until use which

2 English words from 2 foreign definitions

court Solution

4 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

à␣court␣terme court␣terme temporaire terme

6 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

stopgaps stop-gaps stopgapped stop-gapped stopgapping stop-gapping

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

gap Gap GAP PGA p.g.a. sto stop top Top

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AGP GPO ots OTs OTS Pag PAG pot pots POTS

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

pop␣tags

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

stopgaps stop-gaps stoppage

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

go␣past

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

stop-tap

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