prefabricated

Verb

• to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings
• produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally
• simple past and past participle of prefabricate

Adj

• manufactured in advance, usually to a standard format, and then assembled on site
• invented or constructed in advance

Examples

• A prefabricated home
• Some computer fonts include a prefabricated ellipsis.
• They both told the police a prefabricated version of events.

Synonyms

preassemble, prefabricate, prefab

Related Words

prefabricate, prefabrication