makeshift

Words with a similar base: makeshift

'makeshift'

[makeshift.n.01] as in: something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

'makeshift'

[improvised.s.01] as in: done or made using whatever is available

Examples:
crossed the river on improvised bridges
the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear
the rock served as a makeshift hammer

Origins

					makeshift (English)
├── make (English)
│   ├── make (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   └── makr (Old Norse)
│   └── maken (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── macian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── shift (English)
    └── sciftan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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