prefabricate

verb pre·fab·ri·cate \ (ˌ)prē-ˈfa-bri-ˌkāt \

|Updated on: 6 Jul 2018

Definition of prefabricate

prefabricated; prefabricating; prefabricates

1 : to fabricate the parts of at a factory so that construction consists mainly of assembling and uniting standardized parts

2 : to produce artificially

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prefabrication

play \ˌprē-ˌfa-bri-ˈkā-shən\ noun

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Recent Examples of prefabricate from the Web

Each of the homes, which were prefabricated at Blueprint Robotics in Baltimore, is priced at $1.995 million and has 4,320 square feet, five bedrooms, five baths.

— michele lerner, sacbee, "Prefabs’ appeal is going up quickly," 29 June 2018
Instead, parts of the bridge are prefabricated away from the site and then moved into place.

— patricia mazzei, BostonGlobe.com, "Engineer of Florida bridge reported cracks days before collapse," 17 Mar. 2018
Their university had celebrated its installation five days before the collapse with officials saying they were filled with pride for seeing a 950-ton concrete bridge that was prefabricated and quickly installed over a busy six-lane highway.

— Washington Post, "After bridge collapse, flashbacks, anxiety for one survivor," 2 Apr. 2018
Allen’s donation was to jump start Sperling’s novel idea to prefabricate steel apartment modules that could be stacked like Lego blocks.

— danny westneat, The Seattle Times, "‘We need to break some rules’ to fix Seattle’s homelessness crisis," 2 June 2018
Their university had celebrated its installation five days before the collapse with officials saying they were filled with pride for seeing a 950-ton concrete bridge that was prefabricated and quickly installed over a busy six-lane highway.

— Washington Post, "After bridge collapse, flashbacks, anxiety for one survivor," 2 Apr. 2018
Their university had celebrated its installation five days before the collapse with officials saying they were filled with pride for seeing a 950-ton concrete bridge that was prefabricated and quickly installed over a busy six-lane highway.

— orlando sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Survivor of Miami bridge collapse haunted by flashbacks, anxiety attacks," 3 Apr. 2018
Instead, parts of the bridge are prefabricated away from the site and then moved into place.

— patricia mazzei, BostonGlobe.com, "Engineer of Florida bridge reported cracks days before collapse," 17 Mar. 2018
Instead, parts of the bridge are prefabricated away from the site and then moved into place.

— patricia mazzei, BostonGlobe.com, "Engineer of Florida bridge reported cracks days before collapse," 17 Mar. 2018

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