custom-built

adjective

cus·​tom-built ˈkə-stəm-ˈbilt 

: built to individual specifications

a custom-built house

Examples of custom-built in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The largest power transformers cannot be mass-manufactured but are instead custom-built for each utility company’s electrical substations. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

Each dose is essentially custom-built around the cancer of one patient. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026

Lefties like the Yankees’ Tim Hill are almost custom-built to punish hitters like Wood. — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 20 July 2026

The veteran designer said nearly every element would have to be custom-built to scale. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for custom-built

• built
• gilt
• guilt
• hilt
• kilt
• lilt
• milt
• quilt
• silt
• spilt
• stilt
• tilt