READY-MADE
Dictionary entry overview: What does ready-made mean?
• READY-MADE (noun)
The noun READY-MADE has 1 sense:
1. a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase
Familiarity information: READY-MADE used as a noun is very rare.
• READY-MADE (adjective)
The adjective READY-MADE has 3 senses:
1. made for purchase and immediate use
2. repeated regularly without thought or originality
3. commercially produced; not homemade
Familiarity information: READY-MADE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• READY-MADE (noun)
Meaning:
A manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
their apartment was furnished with ready-mades
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)
• READY-MADE (adjective)
Meaning:
Made for purchase and immediate use
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; prefabricated (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)
Meaning:
Repeated regularly without thought or originality
Synonyms:
cliched; ready-made
Context example:
ready-made phrases
Similar:
unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)
Meaning:
Commercially produced; not homemade
Context example:
ready-made clothes
Similar:
factory-made (produced in quantity at a factory)
