Overview of noun makeshift

The noun makeshift has 1 sense

• makeshift, stopgap, make-do -- (something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency)

Overview of adj makeshift

The adj makeshift has 1 sense

• improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift -- (done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer")