to prefabricate
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5.9
- verb
- /ˌpriːˈfæbrɪkeɪt/
- Specialized
- The construction company plans to prefabricate sections of the building in their factory to speed up the assembly process on-site.
- prefabricated home
- prefabricated systems
- prefabricated components
Examples
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We're using this material for building prefabricated houses.
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Computer controlled robots will handle 90% of the movement and placement of prefabricated components.
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His factory prefabricates houses for rural areas.
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Another advantage of working with prefabricated systems manufacturers is their ability to integrate technological advances within products.
Academic text (2003) -
They started out small, designing playground equipment... and prefabricated tree houses.
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Their choices were few: a small park and three or four prefabricated three-story tenements of the usual district town type.
Fiction book (1993) -
Now, that's all termite-proof, weather-proof and comes prefabricated.
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Mixed with the prospector-era sod-roof cabins are a few prefabricated houses.
Fiction book (1993) -
Today, they’re planning a subsidiary to make prefabricated houses and are considering going international.
Academic text (2010) -
The six canary-yellow Nissen huts had been airlifted onto the icecap in prefabricated sections at tremendous effort and expense.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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7.1
To shape something into a basic form before final use
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4.6
To put parts together before they are needed or installed
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5.9
To shape something a little before its final use
To make parts in a factory before they are needed
Antonyms
How Prefabricated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prefabricate comes from pre- ('before') and fabricate ('to make'), a root you can see in fabric and factory. So to prefabricate is to make parts 'before' in a workshop or factory and then quickly put them together on site.