"prefabrication" meaning in English

See prefabrication in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-prefabrication.wav Forms: prefabrications [plural]
Etymology: From pre- + fabrication. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|fabrication}} pre- + fabrication Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} prefabrication (countable and uncountable, plural prefabrications)
  1. The manufacture of prefabricated components, and their assembly. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (manufacture of prefabricated components): préfabrication [feminine] (French), προκατασκευή (prokataskeví) [feminine] (Greek), réamhdhéanamh [masculine] (Irish), prefabricación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-prefabrication-en-noun-IZavBSAx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'manufacture of prefabricated components': 85 15
  2. A preassembled component. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-prefabrication-en-noun-GkVIB45H Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: prefab, prefabricate, prefabricated

Inflected forms

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