makeshift

n.
A temporary or expedient substitute for something else.

adj.
Suitable as a temporary or expedient substitute: used a rock as a makeshift hammer.

SYNONYMS   makeshift, expedient, resort, stopgap. These nouns denote something used as a substitute when other means fail or are not available: lacked a cane but used a stick as a makeshift; exhausted every expedient before filing suit; will use force only as a last resort; a crate serving as a stopgap for a chair.

noun

Something used temporarily or reluctantly when other means are not available: expediency, expedient, shift, stopgap. See help/harm/harmless, substitute.

adj

Definition: temporary
Antonyms: complete, finished, permanent, ready

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
  Synonym: stopgap

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The adjective makeshift has one meaning:

Meaning #1: done or made using whatever is available
  Synonyms: improvised, jury-rigged

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - midlertidig, foreløbig, improviseret
n. - nødhjælp, midlertidig hjælp

Nederlands (Dutch)
noodoplossing, tijdelijke vervanging, nood-, voorlopig

Français (French)
adj. - improvisé
n. - improvisation

Deutsch (German)
adj. - behelfsmäßig
n. - Notbehelf

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυτοσχέδιος, πρόχειρος, προσωρινός
n. - προσωρινή διευθέτηση

Italiano (Italian)
ripiego

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - temporário
n. - expediente (m), substituto (m), paliativo (m)

Русский (Russian)
замена, временное приспособление, кустарный, временный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - provisional, provisorio, improvisado
n. - arreglo provisional, expediente interino, reemplazo temporal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - provisorisk, improviserad
n. - provisorium, nödlösning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
临时代用的, 权宜的, 临时代用品, 权宜之计

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 臨時代用的, 權宜的
n. - 臨時代用品, 權宜之計

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 임시변통의 , 고식적인, 임시의
n. - 임시변통의 물건

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 間に合わせ
adj. - 間に合わせの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بديل مؤقت (الاسم) شلفقه, تمشيه حال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ארעי, זמני‬
n. - ‮תחליף‬

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