custom-built

adjective

cus·​tom-built ˈkə-stəm-ˈbilt How to pronounce custom-built (audio)
: built to individual specifications
a custom-built house

Examples of custom-built in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Nearly all the furniture Hilton uses in its hotel rooms is custom-built. Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024 All tortillas, including the one used as a vessel for the taco salad, are pressed inhouse every morning at 5 a.m. from a machine that was custom-built in San Antonio. Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2024 The 3,336-square-foot home was custom-built in 1960 to feed the original owner's obsession with all things medieval. Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024 All the houses in the beginning were custom-built, not thrown up by developers. Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for custom-built 

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Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of custom-built was in 1908

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“Custom-built.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/custom-built. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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