tailor-made
tailor-made adjective: made by a tailor, especially if made to order; bespoke. Also the simple past and past participle of tailor-make.
Adjective
tailor-made (not comparable)
- Made by a tailor, especially if made to order; bespoke.
- Perfectly appropriate to some specific occasion or purpose; made to one's specific requirements.
- Any local businesses looking to use rail freight now have a tailor-made facility ready and waiting.2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 41
Noun
tailor-made (plural tailor-mades)
- A piece of clothing made by a tailor; (specifically), a dress made by a tailor rather than by a dressmaker, and hence plainer in style.
- Leonora always appeared to me at her best in a blue tailor-made.1915, Ford Madox Hueffer [i.e., Ford Madox Ford], chapter I, in The Good Soldier […], London: John Lane, The Bodley Head; New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, →OCLC
- A breitschwantz stole edged with ermine is knotted over this black woollen tailor-made.1952, Art et la Mode, volume 74
- Synonym of civvy (“manufactured cigarette”).
- Synonyms:
- civvy
Also used as
tailor-made is also the simple past and past participle of tailor-make.
Synonyms of tailor-made
Forms of tailor-made
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Questions about tailor-made
- What does tailor-made mean?
- Tailor-made means made by a tailor, especially if made to order; bespoke.
- What part of speech is tailor-made?
- Tailor-made can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near tailor-made in the dictionary
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