makeshift vase
- noun
- /ˈmeɪkʃɪft veɪs/
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jarrón improvisado
- With no vase on hand, she placed the roses into a makeshift vase made from a glass jar.
Examples
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He grabbed an empty water bottle to serve as a makeshift vase for the wildflowers.
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The children created makeshift vases from old cans.
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At the picnic, a tin cup acted as their makeshift vase for the centerpiece.
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She used a bottle as a makeshift vase.
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At the picnic, a tin cup acted as their makeshift vase for the centerpiece.
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He grabbed an empty water bottle to serve as a makeshift vase for the wildflowers.
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With no vase on hand, she placed the roses into a makeshift vase made from a glass jar.
Synonyms
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A container often made of glass or porcelain for holding cut flowers
How Makeshift
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a straightforward adjective + noun combination where 'makeshift' (temporary/improvised) modifies 'vase' (container for flowers); the combined meaning is directly predictable from the constituents. This follows a common compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it as a temporary or improvised vase.
Etymology
The noun makeshift vase comes from the simple image of using any quick container as a vase. People would put flowers in a jar, bottle, or cup as a makeshift, a quick 'temporary' vase when they had no real one, so it now means 'a temporary container for flowers'.