| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| prefabricate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pre·fab·ri·cate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pr -f b r -k t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing, pre·fab·ri·cates
1. To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and assembled. 2. To make up, construct, or develop in an artificial, unoriginal, or stereotypic manner. | | OTHER FORMS: | pre·fabri·cation —NOUN
pre·fabri·cator —NOUN
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