Crossword clues for off-the-shelf
off-the-shelf
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
off-the-shelf \off-the-shelf\ adj. Made in large quantities and intended to be used without modifications; -- similar to off-the-rack, but not restricted to clothing. Opposite of custom-made, made-to-order, or one-of-a-kind.
Wiktionary
a. (context idiomatic English) As purchased or as commonly available, without modification or customization.
WordNet
adj. (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock; "a ready-made jacket"; "ready-to-wear clothes" [syn: off-the-rack, off-the-peg, ready-to-wear]
Wikipedia
Off-the-shelf may refer to:
- Commercial off-the-shelf, a phrase in computing and industrial supply terminology
- Government off-the-shelf
- Ready-to-wear
- Shelf corporation, a type of company
- Off the Shelf Festival, a festival of writing and reading which takes place each year in Sheffield, United Kingdom
- A product recall (the product is "taken off the shelf")
Usage examples of "off-the-shelf".
The chips they put into the baboons were off-the-shelf models with limited capabilities.
We used off-the-shelf components and shaved funds from some of our other programs, including our fixed operating budget.
She, on the other hand, was dependent on an off-the-shelf software package and a general knowledge of sentient species to carry her through.
But I sized the carrying capacity to fit with a fifteen-gigawatt supply system, because that's what we'll get with an off-the-shelf powersat.