What part of speech is stopgaps?

Stopgaps can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. stopgaps is a noun, plural of stopgap.

Inflections

Noun

What does stopgaps mean?

Definitions

Noun

stopgap - something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

Examples of stopgaps

#   Sentence  
1. noun Stopgap measures won't make a dent in drug addiction.
2. noun Tom saw his job as a pump attendant as a stopgap measure until a better one came up.
3. noun Mary was only ever Tom's stopgap for when Jane didn't have time for him.
4. noun All Mary ever was for Tom was a stopgap for when Jane didn't have time for him.
Sentence  
noun
Stopgap measures won't make a dent in drug addiction.
Tom saw his job as a pump attendant as a stopgap measure until a better one came up.
Mary was only ever Tom's stopgap for when Jane didn't have time for him.
All Mary ever was for Tom was a stopgap for when Jane didn't have time for him.

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