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makeshift (noun)

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  • makeshift — noun Date: 1766 a usually crude and temporary expedient ; substitute Synonyms: see resource • makeshift adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • makeshift — also make shift, 1560s, as a noun, shifty person, rogue, from MAKE (Cf. make) (v.) + SHIFT (Cf. shift) (v.). Adjectival sense of substitute is first recorded 1680s. Cf. make sport a laughing stock (1610s) …   Etymology dictionary

  • makeshift — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ interim and temporary. ► NOUN ▪ a temporary substitute or device …   English terms dictionary

  • makeshift — 1. noun /ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft/ A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. 2. adjective /ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft/ Made to work or …   Wiktionary

  • makeshift — /ˈmeɪkʃɪft / (say maykshift) noun 1. a temporary expedient; substitute. –adjective 2. serving as a makeshift …  

  • makeshift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. expedient, substitute, stopgap. See substitution. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. substitute, alternative, stopgap; see temporary . n. Syn. stopgap, substitute, replacement; see device 1 , resort 1 . See… …   English dictionary for students

  • makeshift — adjective interim and temporary. noun a temporary substitute or device …   English new terms dictionary

  • lash-up — noun any improvised arrangement for temporary use • Syn: ↑contrivance • Hypernyms: ↑arrangement • Hyponyms: ↑temporary hookup, ↑patch * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • resource — noun Etymology: French ressource, from Old French ressourse relief, resource, from resourdre to relieve, literally, to rise again, from Latin resurgere more at resurrection Date: circa 1611 1. a. a source of supply or support ; an available means …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • make-do — noun something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency • Syn: ↑makeshift, ↑stopgap • Derivationally related forms: ↑makeshift (for: ↑makeshift) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • bed — noun 1 piece of furniture for sleeping on ADJECTIVE ▪ single ▪ double ▪ king size, king sized ▪ queen size, queen sized (both AmE) …   Collocations dictionary

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