prefabricated
adjEtymology From pre- + fabricated.
1
manufactured in advance, usually to a standard format, and then assembled on site
- A prefabricated home
2
invented or constructed in advance
- They both told the police a prefabricated version of events.
- Some computer fonts include a prefabricated ellipsis.
- Synonyms
- prefab
- Derived terms
- nonprefabricated, non-prefabricated
- Related terms
- prefabricate, prefabrication