makeshift

adjective

Suitable as a temporary or expedient substitute.

noun

A temporary or expedient substitute for something else.

noun

A shifty person; one given to shifts or expedients; a mischievous fellow.

noun

That with which one makes shift; an expedient adopted to serve a present need or turn; a temporary substitute.

Of the nature of a temporary expedient.

noun

That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient, with implication of inferiority to the more usual object or means.

noun

A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.

adjective

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

noun

something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

adjective

done or made using whatever is available