PREASSEMBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preassemble mean? 

• PREASSEMBLE (verb)
  The verb PREASSEMBLE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PREASSEMBLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREASSEMBLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they preassemble    ... he / she / it preassembles   
Past simple: preassembled   
Past participle: preassembled   
-ing form: preassembling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

preassemble; prefabricate

Hypernyms (to "preassemble" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Domain category:

building; construction (the act of constructing something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something