PREFABRICATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they prefabricate ... he / she / it prefabricates

Past simple: prefabricated

Past participle: prefabricated

-ing form: prefabricating

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "prefabricate" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

preassemble; prefabricate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "prefabricate" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Domain category:

building; construction (the act of constructing something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

prefabrication (the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site)