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Translate makeshift from English to Dutch

Summary

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makeshift:
- ressource; hulpmiddel; redmiddel; lapmiddel
- geïmproviseerd
Wiktionary:
- makeshift → provisorisch
- makeshift → provisorisch, noodoplossing

English

Detailed Translations for makeshift from English to Dutch

makeshift:

makeshift [the ~] noun

the makeshift (remedy; resources; expedient; help)
de ressource; het hulpmiddel; het redmiddel
- ressource [de ~] noun
- hulpmiddel [het ~] noun
- redmiddel [het ~] noun
the makeshift (palliative; stopgap)
het lapmiddel
- lapmiddel [het ~] noun

makeshift adj

makeshift (provisional)
geïmproviseerd
- geïmproviseerd adj

Translation Matrix for makeshift:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
hulpmiddel	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources
lapmiddel	makeshift; palliative; stopgap
redmiddel	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources
ressource	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources
-	make-do; stopgap
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
geïmproviseerd	makeshift; provisional
-	improvised; jury-rigged

Related Words for "makeshift":

makeshifts

Synonyms for "makeshift":

improvised; jury-rigged; impermanent; temporary
stopgap; make-do; expedient

Related Definitions for "makeshift":

done or made using whatever is available¹
- the rock served as a makeshift hammer¹
something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency¹

Wiktionary Translations for makeshift:

makeshift

adjective

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted
- makeshift → provisorisch

noun

A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else
- makeshift → provisorisch; noodoplossing

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