prefabricate

[pree-fab-ri-keyt]

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verb (used with object), pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing.

to fabricate or construct beforehand.
to manufacture in standardized parts or sections ready for quick assembly and erection, as buildings.

Origin of prefabricate

First recorded in 1930–35; pre- + fabricate

Related formspre·fab·ri·ca·tion, nounpre·fab·ri·ca·tor, nounun·pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective

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Related Words for prefabricated

manufacture, evolve, raise, form, make, erect, produce, assemble, reconstruct, organize, create, construct, initiate, hoist, stand, found, mount, built, instant, off-the-rack

Examples from the Web for prefabricated

Contemporary Examples of prefabricated

Most have mature gardens and tall trees despite the fact they are nothing more than prefabricated structures.
Madonna, Carla Bruni & Obama Abandoned Pledges To Rebuild L'Aquila After The Quake
Barbie Latza Nadeau
November 18, 2014
From the top of the Church steeple, the highest point in this prefabricated settlement, I could only gawk at the carnage below.
The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks
Max Brooks
January 14, 2011
The cargo includes cement, reinforcement bars, and prefabricated wooden houses.
My Gaza Flotilla Diary
Henning Mankell
June 4, 2010

Historical Examples of prefabricated

It was no great feat to divert the now aimless Colorado River aqueduct to the site nor to erect thousands of prefabricated houses.
Greener Than You Think
Ward Moore
The house, two stories of prefabricated metal, stood perched on one of the outer corners.
Rich Living
Michael Cathal
Ramshackle mine-buildings of prefabricated plastic straggled out from the shrouding blackness under a pinnacled ridge.
Master of the Moondog
Stanley Mullen

British Dictionary definitions for prefabricated

prefabricate

verb

(tr) to manufacture sections of (a building), esp in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site

Derived Formsprefabricated, adjectiveprefabrication, noun

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Word Origin and History for prefabricated

prefabricate

1919 (implied in prefabricated), from pre- + fabricate (v.). Related: Prefabricating.