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put-together

put-together adjective: that has been put together; assembled, makeshift.

Adjective

put-together (comparative more put-together, superlative most put-together)

  1. That has been put together; assembled, makeshift.

Noun

put-together

  1. Something that has been put together; the whole assembled group of something, an improvised grouping or composite.
    • I kept thinkin' that this here woman knew a sight more about raisin' cattle that the entire put together of our county.2007, Wayne Lamson, A Man's Job To Do, page 87
    • ‘Wouldn't want to compromise your cred, I'm weeks overdue at the colorist, this whole puttogether here ran me under a hundred bucks at Filene's Basement—’2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 13

Forms of put-together

comparativemore put-together
superlativemost put-together
alternative formput together
alternative formputtogether

Origin of put-together

From put together.

Questions about put-together

What does put-together mean?
Put-together means that has been put together; assembled, makeshift.
What part of speech is put-together?
Put-together can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near put-together in the dictionary

  1. put-outs
  2. put-put
  3. put-puts
  4. put-putted
  5. put-putting
  6. put-together
  7. put-up
  8. put-up job
  9. put-up jobs
  10. put-upon
  11. put-ups

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