semipermanent
See also: semi-permanent
English
Alternative forms
- semi-permanent
Etymology
semi- + permanent
Adjective
semipermanent (comparative more semipermanent, superlative most semipermanent)
- Neither temporary nor entirely permanent; of indefinite duration.
- 1997, Greg Stone, Building a Solar-Heated Pit Greenhouse: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-37
- Such movable insulation could be applied to the end walls, either in the form of insulating shutters or a more semipermanent arrangement such as the one I use on the north roof of my pit.
- 2009, January 18, “Seth Mydans”, in Thailand Is Accused of Rejecting Migrants:
- Although tens of thousands of refugees now live in semipermanent camps along the Thai border with Myanmar, some of them are periodically forced back against their will.
- 1997, Greg Stone, Building a Solar-Heated Pit Greenhouse: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-37
Related terms
- semipermanence
- semipermanently