"prefabricate" meaning in English

See prefabricate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: prefabricate [canonical], prefabricates [third-person, singular], prefabricated [past], prefabricated [past, participle], prefabricating [present, participle]
Etymology: pre- + fabricate Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|pre|fabricate}} pre- + fabricate Head templates: {{verb|prefabricat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you prefabricate something, you fabricate it in advance so it can be assembled together at another location.
    Sense id: simple-prefabricate-en-verb-oJFdUvTX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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