Meaning & use
makeshift
Serving as a temporary, often improvised substitute when the proper thing is not available.
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They built a makeshift shelter out of tarps and branches until help arrived.
With no proper table available, we used an old door as a makeshift desk.
A note on using this word
Makeshift emphasizes that a solution was thrown together quickly to meet an urgent need, not designed to last.
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