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Meaning of makeshift


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]


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