makeshift

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
  2. adjective done or made using whatever is available

Etymology

Deverbal from make shift. First appears c. 1554, in the publications of H. Hilarie.

In classic literature

Synonyms

stopgap, make-do

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