makeshift in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

makeshift in the PONS Dictionary

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A makeshift roof was built for the stage but there was simply too much water for the festival to go on.
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The completed section was unofficially used as a makeshift roller skating course, thanks to the wide and leveled roadbed.
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Makeshift crosses later erected on chapel grounds were removed.
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The primary occupant, skeleton 12, was interred in a seated position and was once enclosed in a makeshift hut.
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The tracks themselves are pretty makeshift, marked by old tires, flags or sticks.
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The worship services then were held at a makeshift chapel on a lot rented for 50 pesos per month.
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Later, his uncle made him a makeshift one that he used regularly.
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Community health centers and hospitals were rendered useless, resulting in the use of makeshift wards outside the affected buildings.
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Multiple times she assists him and his makeshift team against supervillains, often serving as a pilot.
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The missing men, the rescuers were told, had constructed makeshift boats salvaged from their destroyed ship and traveled south.
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