custom-made custom-built | an item made to the customer's specifications |
ready-made | 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 |
ready-to-wear | ready-made clothing, she couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked |
reservoir artificial lake man-made lake | lake used to store water for community use |
tailor-made | custom-made clothing |
reckoner ready reckoner | a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation |
ready-mix | a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish |
ready cash cold cash ready money | money in the form of cash that is readily available, his wife was always a good source of ready cash, he paid cold cash for the TV set |
ready | poised for action, their guns were at the ready |
man-made fiber synthetic fiber | fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes |
fix prepare set up ready gear up set | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc, Get the children ready for school!, prepare for war, I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill |
cook fix ready make prepare | prepare for eating by applying heat, Cook me dinner, please, can you make me an omelette?, fix breakfast for the guests, please |
handy ready to hand(p) | easy to reach, found a handy spot for the can opener |
ready(a) | (of especially money) immediately available, he seems to have ample ready money, a ready source of cash |
ready-cooked | cooked in such a way as to be ready for sale |
custom-made custom | made according to the specifications of an individual |
bespoke bespoken made-to-order tailored tailor-made | (of clothing) custom-made |
custom-built made-to-order | built for a particular individual |
ready-made | made for purchase and immediate use |
made | produced by a manufacturing process, bought some made goods at the local store, rope and nails |
off-the-rack off-the-shelf off-the-peg ready-to-wear | (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock, a ready-made jacket, ready-to-wear clothes |
ready-to-eat | food products that are prepared in advance and can be eaten as sold |
camp-made | made as part of the arts-and-crafts program at summer camp, my camp-made leather wallet |
machine-made | made by machine |
factory-made | produced in quantity at a factory |
ready-made | commercially produced, not homemade, ready-made clothes |
rough-and-ready | crude but effective for the purpose at hand |
new-made | newly made, the aroma of new-made bread |
quick ready | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity, a quick mind, a ready wit |
made | (of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order, a neatly made bed |
man-made semisynthetic synthetic | not of natural origin, prepared or made artificially, man-made fibers, synthetic leather |
active combat-ready fighting(a) | engaged in or ready for military or naval operations, on active duty, the platoon is combat-ready, review the fighting forces |
cliched ready-made | repeated regularly without thought or originality, ready-made phrases |
made-up | having been paved |
oven-ready | prepared before sale and ready to be cooked |
ready | made suitable and available for immediate use, dinner is ready |
purpose-built purpose-made | designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose |
ready | completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress, get ready, she is ready to resign, the bridge is ready to collapse, I am ready to work, ready for action, ready for use, the soup will be ready in a minute, ready to learn to read |
at the ready(p) | ready for immediate use, soldiers with guns at the ready, students with pens and notebooks at the ready |
waiting ready and waiting(p) | being and remaining ready and available for use, waiting cars and limousines lined the curb, found her mother waiting for them, an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests, military forces ready and waiting |
made | successful or assured of success, now I am a made man forever- Christopher Marlowe |
self-made | having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts, a self-made millionaire |
well-made | skillfully constructed |
ready | mentally disposed, he was ready to believe her |