ready-made Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase
    • their apartment was furnished with ready-mades
  2. adjective made for purchase and immediate use
  3. adjective satellite repeated regularly without thought or originality
    cliched.
    • ready-made phrases
  4. adjective satellite commercially produced; not homemade
    • ready-made clothes

WordNet


Read"y-made` adjective
Definitions
  1. Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.

Webster 1913