purpose-built

adjective

pur·​pose-built ˌpər-pəs-ˈbilt 

chiefly British

: built for a particular purpose

Examples of purpose-built in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The first stadium purpose-built for women’s soccer is now also the world’s first LEGO stadium created to celebrate a professional women’s sports team, according to the organization. — Pj Green july 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

Fundamental came out of stealth mode on 5 February 2026 with US $275 million in funding and a model called NEXUS, purpose-built for tabular data. — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 2026

Part of Opinel's all-new Outdoor Collection comprising knives purpose-built for specific groups of activities, the Néo7 Alpine is the most broadly outdoorsy and adventure-ready of the lot. — New Atlas, 2 July 2026

The metal rolling base uses locking wheels and feels purpose-built rather than generic. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for purpose-built

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