Usually means: Temporary solution using available resources.
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  1. makeshift: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. makeshift: Merriam-Webster
  3. makeshift: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. makeshift: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. makeshift: Collins English Dictionary
  6. makeshift: Vocabulary.com
  7. Makeshift, makeshift: Wordnik
  8. makeshift: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. makeshift: Wiktionary
  10. makeshift: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. makeshift: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. makeshift: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Makeshift, makeshift: Dictionary.com
  14. makeshift: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. makeshift: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Makeshift (disambiguation), Makeshift: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Makeshift: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. makeshift: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. makeshift: Rhymezone
  20. Makeshift: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. Makeshift: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. makeshift: FreeDictionary.org
  23. makeshift: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. makeshift: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. makeshift: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. makeshift: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. makeshift: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. makeshift: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (makeshift)

▸ noun:  A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
▸ adjective:  Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.

Similar:
stopgap, jury-rigged, improvised, temporary, impermanent, work shift, shift, shiftage, changeout, switch, more...

Opposite:
permanent, professional, sturdy, durable, substantial

Types:
duct tape, bailing wire, super glue, velcro, rubber band, zip ties, more...

Phrases:
makeshift weapon, makeshift shelters, makeshift table, ammo for some makeshift cannons, makeshift frisbee from a bake shop, more...

Adjectives:
temporary, mere, poor, miserable, clumsy, more, best, only, cowardly, sorry, wretched

Colors:
    beige,     khaki,     olive,     taupe,     rust, more...


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Similar:
stopgap, jury-rigged, improvised, temporary, impermanent, work shift, shift, shiftage, changeout, switch, more...

Opposite:
permanent, professional, sturdy, durable, substantial

Types:
duct tape, bailing wire, super glue, velcro, rubber band, zip ties, more...

Phrases:
makeshift weapon, makeshift shelters, makeshift table, ammo for some makeshift cannons, makeshift frisbee from a bake shop, makeshift shelter, makeshift blade, makeshift solution, opposite of makeshift, more...

Adjectives:
temporary, mere, poor, miserable, clumsy, more, best, only, cowardly, sorry, wretched

Colors:
    beige,     khaki,     olive,     taupe,     rust, more...



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