Usually means: Ready-made, available for immediate use.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word off-the-shelf:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. off-the-shelf: Merriam-Webster
  2. off-the-shelf: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. off-the-shelf, off-the-shelf: Collins English Dictionary
  4. off-the-shelf: Vocabulary.com
  5. off-the-shelf: Wordnik
  6. off-the-shelf: Wiktionary
  7. off-the-shelf: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. off-the-shelf: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. off-the-shelf: Dictionary.com
  10. Off-the-shelf: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. off-the-shelf: Rhymezone
  12. off-the-shelf: FreeDictionary.org
  13. off-the-shelf: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. off-the-shelf: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. off-the-shelf: Netlingo
  2. off-the-shelf: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. off-the-shelf: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. off-the-shelf: Idioms

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▸ adjective:  (idiomatic) As purchased or as commonly available, without modification or customization.

Similar:
ready-made, off-the-rack, ready-to-wear, turnkey, popular, open-source, standard, reach-me-down, one-size-fits-all, parable, more...

Opposite:
custom, bespoke, tailor-made, personalized

Phrases:
commercial off-the-shelf software, commercial off-the-shelf, Government off-the-shelf, more...

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Similar:
ready-made, off-the-rack, ready-to-wear, turnkey, popular, open-source, standard, reach-me-down, one-size-fits-all, parable, more...

Opposite:
custom, bespoke, tailor-made, personalized

Phrases:
commercial off-the-shelf software, commercial off-the-shelf, Government off-the-shelf, more...



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