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prefabricate Definition

pre·fab·ri·cate (prē fab′ri kāt′)

transitive verb -·cat′ed, -·cat′·ing

  1. to fabricate beforehand
  2. to construct in standardized sections for shipment and quick assembly a prefabricated house

prefabricate Related Forms
pre′·fab·ri·ca′·tion noun
prefabricate Synonyms

prefabricate

v.

fabricate, perform, set up, coordinate, pre-assemble; see also assemble 3.

prefabricate Usage Examples

Object

  • hut: The new building was to replace a 1970s school which had been obliged to expand into several prefabricated huts.
  • concrete: In the same decade the Southern Railroad rebuilt the station platform sides with the then customary prefabricated concrete.
  • panel: The internal load bearing walls are of 140 mm thick prefabricated concrete panels.
  • building: He also built a complete prefabricated hospital building which was shipped in parts to the Crimea in 1855.
  • construction: The then new equivalents were of prefabricated concrete construction.
  • steel: The building's legible, modular design creates a repeating sequence of waves formed by vast wings of prefabricated steel.

Modifying Another Word

  • then: A mobile crane placed bogies on the rails and then prefabricated boxcars or wagons were put on them.