built-inadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌbɪltˈɪn/us/ˌbɪltˈɪn/If a place or piece of equipment has built-in objects, they are permanently connected and cannot be easily removed:
built-in storage
UK All the rooms have built-in cupboards/wardrobes.
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Furniture & fittings - general words
- appointed
- caster
- castor
- collapsible
- colonial
- fitted
- fitting
- fixture
- flatpack
- folding
- freestanding
- ionizer
- pullout
- rattan
- recessed
- reproduction furniture
- seat
- space-saving
- sprung
- sunshade
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UK also inbuilt A built-in quality is an original part of something or someone and cannot be separated from it, him, or her:
an built-in advantage/problem
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Including and containing
- (right) down to idiom
- assimilate
- build sth in/into sth
- cast
- cast your net wide idiom
- catholic
- concerned
- factor
- factor sth in
- figure
- forget
- inbuilt
- incl
- include
- pack
- package
- rich
- subsume
- throw sth in
- wide-ranging
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