a kind of (something)

A replacement or alternative to (the real thing). I had to use the block of wood as a kind of hammer to get the loose nail back into place.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sandeep	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil
Phillis	['fiis]
HİKmet	-	Turkish
Bara	-	Croatian
Mavuto	mah-VOO-to	Southern African, Chewa
Ihintza	-	Basque