Word: prefabricated
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: pre
fab
ri
cat
ed
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of prefabricate; 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
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; earlier in time.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: fabricate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fabricātus
Language: la
Decoded: fabricatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: built, constructed, fashioned, forged, shaped, fabricated
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.