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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth" [syn: built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1898 1. a. forming an integral part of a structure or object <a camera with a built-in flash>; especially constructed as or in a recess in a wall <a built-in bookshelf> b. built into the ground <a built-in swimming pool> 2. a. inherent <a built-in advantage> b. already established <her best-seller status gave her a built-in audience> II. noun Date: 1930 a built-in piece of furniture

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Built-in devices or features are included in something as a part of it, rather than being separate. ...modern cameras with built-in flash units... We're going to have built-in cupboards in the bedrooms. = fitted ADJ: ADJ n