Definizione monolingua

makeshift

makeshift (plural makeshifts)

1. A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.
   • 1872, Middlemarch, George Eliot

     I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift.

makeshift (comparative more makeshift, superlative most makeshift)

1. Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

   They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.

Definizione dizionario makeshift

espediente

provvisorio

ripiego

surrogato

Altri significati:

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else

A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.