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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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"


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. made for purchase and immediate use;

2. repeated regularly without thought or originality;
- Example: "ready-made phrases"
[syn: cliched, ready-made]

3. commercially produced; not homemade;
- Example: "ready-made clothes"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ready-made \Read"y-made`\ (r[e^]d"[y^]-m[=a]d`), a. Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ready-made adj 1: made for purchase and immediate use [ant: custom, custom-made] 2: repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready- made phrases" [syn: cliched, ready-made] 3: commercially produced; not homemade; "ready-made clothes" n 1: 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" [ant: custom-built, custom-made]