prefabricated

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adjective

manufactured in advance, usually to a standard format, and then assembled on site

“A prefabricated home”

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prefab
OriginEnglish fabricated ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

prefabricated1

adjectiveprefabricated (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemanufactured in advance, usually to a standard format, and then assembled on site

    A prefabricated home

  2. not comparableinvented or constructed in advance

    Some computer fonts include a prefabricated ellipsis.

    1 more example

    They both told the police a prefabricated version of events.

prefabricated2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of prefabricate

Synonyms & antonyms

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prefab
Also see
prebuilt

Origin

prefabricated · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishfabricated
  10. Englishprefabricated

From pre- + fabricated.

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prefabricated · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishfabricate
  10. Englishprefabricate
  11. Englishprefabricated

From prefabricate + -ed.

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Translations

Catalan prefabricat, prefabricat
  • prefabricatmanufactured in advance
  • prefabricatinvented in advance
Danish præfabrikeret
  • præfabrikeretmanufactured in advance
Finnish valmis, keksitty
  • valmismanufactured in advance
  • keksittyinvented in advance
French préfabriqué
  • préfabriquémanufactured in advance
German vorgefertigt
  • vorgefertigtmanufactured in advance
Italian prefabbricato
  • prefabbricatomanufactured in advance
Norwegian Bokmål prefabrikkert
  • prefabrikkertmanufactured in advance
Spanish prefabricado
  • prefabricadomanufactured in advance
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APA

prefabricated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefabricated

MLA

“prefabricated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefabricated. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prefabricated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefabricated.

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