Associations to the word «Makeshift»

Wiktionary

MAKESHIFT, noun. A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.
MAKESHIFT, adjective. Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

Dictionary definition

MAKESHIFT, noun. Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.
MAKESHIFT, adjective. 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".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn