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    ready-made
    /ˌrɛdɪˈmeɪd/

    adjective

    • 1. made to a standard size or specification rather than to order: "a range of ready-made curtains" Similar ready to wearoff the shelfoff the pegoff the rackOpposite bespoketailor-made

    noun

    • 1. a ready-made article: "he smokes ready-mades now"

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  3. READY-MADE definition: 1. bought or found in a finished form and available to use immediately: 2. bought or found in a…. Learn more.

  4. The meaning of READY-MADE is made beforehand especially for general sale. How to use ready-made in a sentence.

  5. bought or found in a finished form and available to use immediately: a ready-made frozen meal. figurative When she married Giles, she acquired a ready-made family - two teenage sons and a daughter. Opposite. custom-made. Compare. ready-to-wear. off-the-peg UK. off-the-rack US. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Available and accessible.

  6. Ready-made means extremely convenient or useful for a particular purpose. Those wishing to study urban development have a ready-made example on their doorstep. It provides perfect strangers with a ready-made and infinitely adaptable topic of conversation. More Synonyms of ready-made.

  7. Definition of ready-made adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. Ready-made things are standardized and bought right off the shelf, rather than being specially made. You might have to hem your ready-made curtains, but they're cheaper than having custom curtains sewn. Ready-made clothes are the ones you buy in stores or online that come in standard sizes.

  9. Ready-made definition: an everyday manufactured object, as a bottle rack, a snow shovel, a urinal, or a comb, that may by the creative act of selection and designation by an artist attain status as a work of art. See examples of READY-MADE used in a sentence.