makeshift
11makeshift — 1. noun /ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft/ A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. 2. adjective /ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft/ Made to work or …
12makeshift — noun Date: 1766 a usually crude and temporary expedient ; substitute Synonyms: see resource • makeshift adjective …
13makeshift — adj. Makeshift is used with these nouns: ↑altar, ↑bandage, ↑barricade, ↑bed, ↑camp, ↑dwelling, ↑hut, ↑memorial, ↑raft, ↑shelter, ↑shrine, ↑stage, ↑ …
14makeshift — make|shift [ˈmeıkʃıft] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: make shift to make efforts, try all methods, manage to do something (15 19 centuries)] made to be used for a short time only when nothing better is available ▪ The refugees slept in makeshift… …
15makeshift — make|shift [ meık,ʃıft ] adjective made using whatever is available and therefore not very good: a makeshift shelter/grave/hospital …
16makeshift — adjective made for temporary use when you need something and there is nothing better available: a makeshift sofa of crates and cushions …
17makeshift — adjective we stayed dry under some makeshift shelter Syn: temporary, provisional, interim, stopgap, make do, standby, rough and ready, improvised, ad hoc, extempore, jury rigged, jerry built, thrown together, cobbled together Ant: permanent …
18makeshift — UK [ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft] / US adjective made using whatever is available and therefore not very good a makeshift shelter/grave/hospital …
19makeshift — make•shift [[t]ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft[/t]] n. 1) a temporary expedient or substitute 2) being or serving as a makeshift • Etymology: 1555–65 …
20makeshift — /ˈmeɪkʃɪft / (say maykshift) noun 1. a temporary expedient; substitute. –adjective 2. serving as a makeshift …
