off the shelf
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Example Sentences
- "After the war, the invaluable experience gained with mass production of the TP engines saw Davey Paxman in a favourable position to supply such units almost "off the shelf", a facility found to be of great value by oil companies engaged in well-drilling; [...]."
- "Stadler Project Manager Matthias Hammerle explained: "These trains for the Liverpool City Region are not 'off the shelf' but have been tailored to a very specific brief.""