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preˈfabricated, ppl. a.
[pre- A. 1.]
1. a. Of a building or similar structure: constructed by assembling a relatively small number of components which have been made elsewhere. b. Of a component of such a structure: made in a factory or yard prior to use elsewhere in construction.
1933Archit. Rev. LXXIV. 49/2 There are a number of houses, one among them being actually of the new ‘prefabricated’ type. 1935Economist 23 Mar. 679/1 Even the ‘pre-fabricated’ house, which is assembled from sections, quickly constructed, completely fitted with air-conditioning and domestic equipment..is not regarded as cheap enough to initiate the revival which is so sorely needed. 1944Archit. Rev. XCVI. 30 Mr. Churchill says that we need 500,000 prefabricated houses for temporary homes in the first two years of peace. 1945in R. W. Zandvoort et al. Wartime English (1957) 190 Little more than 100 yards away lie several prefabricated U-boat sections, all in an advanced state towards completion. 1951‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids xvii. 298 The outbuildings are too small for our needs now—and I can't put up even prefabricated quarters singlehanded. 1959Listener 17 Dec. 1072/1 Factories were built to manufacture prefabricated parts of buildings. 1963N. Marsh Dead Water (1964) ii. 46 A large, prefabricated, multiple garage had been built. 1968H. G. Miller Building Construction iv. 34 These prefabricated sections, completely fitted with all doors and windows, are transported to the building site where the house can be quickly assembled on the prepared foundation. 1974Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 9/1 So far about 10,000 tons of prefabricated sections of [the cruiser] Invincible have been assembled.
2. transf. and fig. Contrived, artificial.
1935Time 7 Jan. 40/2 The youth is not having much success with his pre-fabricated recital. 1943T. S. Eliot Reunion by Destruction 12 The Church of South India is a pre-fabricated church. 1945A. W. Coysh in To start you Talking ii. 30 The broadcast discussion is admittedly pre⁓fabricated. 1953Encounter Oct. 14/1 This pre-fabricated public is made up not only of the more naïve party members..but also of fellow-travellers who read nothing but the pro-Communist press. 1963[see ham n.1 B. 2]. |