"prefabricated" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: pre- + fabricated Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|fabricated}} pre- + fabricated Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prefabricated (not comparable)
  1. manufactured in advance, usually to a standard format, and then assembled on site Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-prefabricated-en-adj-TkzK1hW5 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pre-, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 47 53
  2. invented in advance Tags: not-comparable Translations (invented in advance): keksitty (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-prefabricated-en-adj-nLHRKnjV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, English terms suffixed with -ed, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 49 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 36 46 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'invented in advance': 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prefab Derived forms: non-prefabricated Related terms: prefabricate, prefabrication Translations (manufactured in advance): præfabrikeret (Danish), valmis (Finnish), vorgefertigt (German), prefabbricato (Italian), prefabrikkert (Norwegian Bokmål), prefabrikkert (Norwegian Nynorsk), prefabricado (Spanish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'manufactured in advance': 47 53

Verb

Etymology: prefabricate + -ed Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|prefabricate|ed}} prefabricate + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} prefabricated
  1. simple past and past participle of prefabricate Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: prefabricate
    Sense id: en-prefabricated-en-verb-6IPV6F6~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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