Advertisement
Advertisement
makeshift
adjective as in temporary
noun as in temporary help
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Most incongruously of all, outside a makeshift plastic doorway on a corner of the ground floor, next to piles of rubble and rubbish, stands a headless mannequin, wearing a wedding gown.
But many of them are now stranded in Myanmar in makeshift camps because the process of assessing them and arranging flights back to their own countries is so slow.
They were taken to a makeshift processing center in Bakersfield, and the car was eventually impounded.
More than 5,600 people in Haiti were killed in gang violence last year and the UN has said families are "struggling to survive in makeshift shelters while facing mounting health and protection risks".
Sometimes the sessions were so improvised, Betts used his backpack as a makeshift base.
Advertisement
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse