- emergency stopgap
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English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.
emergency stopgap
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stopgap — [adj] temporarily helping Band Aid*, emergency, expedient, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, practical, provisional, rough andready*, rough and tumble*, substitute, temp, temporary, throwaway*; concepts 551,560 Ant. completed, finished, permanent … New thesaurus
emergency protective order — Any court issued order intended to protect a person from harm or harassment. An emergency protective order is issued by the police, when court is out of session, to prevent domestic violence. Most emergency protective orders are stopgap measures… … Law dictionary
stopgap — 1. noun that old plane was merely a stopgap Syn: temporary solution/fix, expedient, makeshift; substitute, stand in, pinch hitter 2. adjective a stopgap measure Syn: temporary, provisional, interim, pro tem, short term, working, makeshif … Thesaurus of popular words
stopgap — Synonyms and related words: action, ad hoc, ad hoc measure, ad lib, ad libitum, ad lib, ad libbing, alternate, alternative, answer, arrangement, artifice, backup, band aid, bung, check valve, cock, contrivance, cork, counterfeit, countermove,… … Moby Thesaurus
stopgap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. expedient, makeshift; substitute. See substitution. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. expedient, substitute, makeshift, juryrigged; see practical , temporary . n. Syn. makeshift, expedient, resource; see… … English dictionary for students
stopgap — n. makeshift, temporary substitute, something which is improvised to meet a temporary need or emergency … English contemporary dictionary
stopgap — n 1. makeshift, temporary, substitute, fill in; alternate, alternative, replacement; improvisation, contrivance, make do arrangement; last resort, Fr. pis aller. adj 2. temporary, makeshift, juryrigged, provisional, tentative, stand by; emergency … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
War emergency power — (WEP) is an American term for the throttle setting on some World War II military aircraft engines. For use in emergency situations, it produced more than 100% of the engine s normal rated power for a limited amount of time, often about five… … Wikipedia
makeshift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. expedient, substitute, stopgap. See substitution. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. substitute, alternative, stopgap; see temporary . n. Syn. stopgap, substitute, replacement; see device 1 , resort 1 . See… … English dictionary for students
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