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READY-MADE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase
Example:
their apartment was furnished with ready-mades
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ready-made" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Antonym:
custom-made (an item made to the customer's specifications)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made for purchase and immediate use
Classified under:
Similar:
made (produced by a manufacturing process)
off-the-peg; off-the-rack; off-the-shelf; ready-to-wear ((especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock)
prefab (manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere)
ready-to-eat (food products that are prepared in advance and can be eaten as sold)
Antonym:
custom-made (made according to the specifications of an individual)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Commercially produced; not homemade
Example:
ready-made clothes
Classified under:
Similar:
factory-made (produced in quantity at a factory)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Repeated regularly without thought or originality
Example:
ready-made phrases
Synonyms:
cliched; ready-made
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)
