built-in

built-in

See also: builtin and built in

English

Adjective

built-in (not comparable)

1. Constructed as a non-detachable part of a larger structure.
2. Being an essential and permanent part of something.
3. Being an included feature that normally comes as an extra.

Synonyms

• inbuilt
• (being an essential and permanent part of something): instilled, infused, integrated; See also Thesaurus:intrinsic
• (being an included feature that normally comes as an extra): incorporated, integrated

Usage notes

Use built-in when directly before a noun:

• an apartment with a built-in dishwasher

Translations

constructed as a non-detachable part

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: vestavěný Danish: indbygget Finnish: kiinteä (fi) French: encastré (fr) Icelandic: innbyggður m Italian: incorporato (it) m, integrato (it) m, incassato (it) m

Norwegian: Bokmål: innbygd, innebygd, innebygget Nynorsk: innbygd, innebygd Portuguese: acoplado (pt) Spanish: integrado (es), empotrado (es) Swedish: inbyggd Vietnamese: gắn liền (vi)

essential

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: olennainen (fi)

French: intrinsèque (fr) Portuguese: essencial (pt) m

included

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: integroitu (fi) French: incorporé (fr) German: eingebaut (de)

Portuguese: incorporado (pt) Serbo-Croatian: ugrađen Spanish: incluido (es) m Vietnamese: có sẵn, sẵn có (vi)

Noun

built-in (plural built-ins)

1. Anything (such as a piece of furniture, or a software feature) that is built in, not added as an extra.

Anagrams

• in-built, inbuilt