prefabricate
[pree-fab-ri-keyt]
- to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- to manufacture in standardized parts or sections ready for quick assembly and erection, as buildings.
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Origin of prefabricate
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manufactureevolveraiseformmakeerectproduceassemblereconstructorganizecreateconstructinitiatehoiststandfoundmountbuiltinstantoff-the-rackExamples from the Web for prefabricated
Contemporary Examples
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 QuakeBarbie 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 cargo includes cement, reinforcement bars, and prefabricated wooden houses.
Historical Examples
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 ThinkWard Moore
The house, two stories of prefabricated metal, stood perched on one of the outer corners.
Rich LivingMichael Cathal
Ramshackle mine-buildings of prefabricated plastic straggled out from the shrouding blackness under a pinnacled ridge.
Master of the MoondogStanley Mullen
prefabricate
- (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
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prefabricate
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