pre-manufactured
- adjective
- /priːˈmæn.jʊ.fæk.tʃərd/
- Specialized
- The company offers pre-manufactured homes that can be assembled quickly on site.
Examples
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Many modern buildings use pre-manufactured panels for efficiency and cost savings.
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Using pre-manufactured components helped reduce the construction time significantly.
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The pre-manufactured panels arrived yesterday.
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Why are we using pre-manufactured parts instead of custom ones?
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The company offers pre-manufactured homes that can be assembled quickly on site.
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Using pre-manufactured components helped reduce the construction time significantly.
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Many modern buildings use pre-manufactured panels for efficiency and cost savings.
Synonyms
An item like a shirt or chair made before you buy it
Made in separate parts so people can move them and put them together on site
Made before and ready to use
Made earlier in parts so it can be quickly put together or used
Made by a machine rather than by hand
Concrete parts made in their final shape before delivery to the building site
Made by machines in large numbers rather than by hand
Made in a set shape before use
Made before use so it already has the right outline
Made in a factory in large amounts rather than by hand
How Premade
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
pre-manufactured = manufactured (transparent) = pre + manufacture + ed
Adding 'pre-' to 'manufactured' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'manufactured beforehand'.
Etymology
Pre-manufactured starts with pre- meaning 'before' and the manufacture part originally meant making things by 'hand' and is related to the word manual. So pre-manufactured describes items made in advance (usually in a factory) and then assembled on site.