stopgap

1. (rare) That which stops up or fills a gap or hole.Examples: "[A] bit of ink and paper which has long been an innocent wrapping or stop-gap may at last be laid open under the one pair of eyes which have knowledge enough to turn it into the opening of a catastrophe."Synonyms: fillgaprare

2. (figuratively)figuratively

3. (figuratively)Examples: "The small company used their old product with a few kludged enhancements as a stopgap until they could develop a new product."; "Perhaps I shall be told that this wintry exhibition is a mere stopgap and makeshift, until a fresh supply of bright new paintings can be procured, and that it is ultra vires to obtain such for love or money before the merry month of May."; "It is often argued that the HST saved BR's InterCity market. It was only ever intended as a stopgap, but it proved to be a winner."Synonyms: band-aid, bandaid, quick fix, band-aid, band-aid solution, bodge, cludge, fiddlefiguratively

4. (figuratively)Examples: "As witness the following. Mr Strudwick, the regular master of the form, happened on one occasion to be away for a couple of days, and a stop-gap was put in in his place. The name of the stop-gap was Mr Somerville Smith. He and Farnie exchanged an unspoken declaration of war almost immediately."Synonyms: band-aid, bandaid, quick fix, band-aid, band-aid solution, bodge, cludge, fiddlefigurativelyspecifically