Alternative spelling of shovel-ready

plural of ready-made

(UK, of crisps) Seasoned with salt but no other flavouring.

A room on an aircraft carrier where on-duty pilots are stationed while not flying their aircraft.

(idiomatic, transitive) to prepare for use, to get ready

(transitive) To prepare; to make ready or prepared. / (intransitive) To prepare; to make oneself prepared.

(colloquial) Entirely ready.

The quality of being ready-handed; capability and preparedness.

Capable or skillful, especially at manual tasks.

In readiness, fully prepared.