Makeshift

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft/

Origin

From make + shift.

Full definition of makeshift

Noun

1. A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.
• Eliot Middlemarch|17I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift.

Adjective

1. Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.
• 2012, May 26 2012, Phil McNulty, Norway 0-1 England, Hodgson was able to introduce Arsenal teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for his debut late on as this makeshift England line-up closed out a victory that was solid for the most part without ever threatening to be spectacular.