Makeshift : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Makeshift	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Makeshift
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
makeshift adj 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" Synonym(s): improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift n something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency Synonym(s): makeshift, stopgap, make-do
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Makeshift \Make"shift`\, n. That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. --James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. --G. Eliot.