makeshift

About 1.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
2. adjective Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

   They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.

3. noun A rogue; a shifty person.

Similar words

jury-rigged stopgap impermanent temporary improvised fallback hasty mobile precarious interim

Often followed by

bed and stage shelters hospital table of for arrangements

Word family

makeshifts