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")
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