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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency;
[syn: makeshift, stopgap, make-do]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. done or made using whatever is available;
- Example: "crossed the river on improvised bridges"
- Example: "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"
- Example: "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"
[syn: improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

makeshift \make"shift`\ (m[=a]k"sh[i^]ft`), n.
   That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient, with
   implication of inferiority to the more usual object or means.
   --James Mill.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

         I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift.
                                                  --G. Eliot.
   [1913 Webster] makeup


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

makeshift
    adj 1: done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the
           river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-
           rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift
           hammer" [syn: improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift]
    n 1: something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
         [syn: makeshift, stopgap, make-do]