PREFABRICATE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does prefabricate mean? 

• PREFABRICATE (verb)
  The verb PREFABRICATE has 2 senses:

1. 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
2. produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally

  Familiarity information: PREFABRICATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREFABRICATE (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

preassemble; prefabricate

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

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