[red-ee-meyd] 
| 1. | made in advance for sale to any purchaser, rather than to order: a ready-made coat. |
| 2. | made for immediate use. |
| 3. | unoriginal; conventional. |
| 4. | readymade. |
| 5. | something that is ready-made, as a garment or a piece of furniture or equipment. |
[red-ee-meyd] | 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: associated almost exclusively with the aesthetic activities of Marcel Duchamp during the period 1915 to 1917. |