built-in

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪltɪn/

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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.

• 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

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.

• in-built, inbuilt