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prebuilt

prebuilt adjective: built in advance. Also the simple past and past participle of prebuild.

Adjective

prebuilt (not comparable)

  1. Built in advance.
    • About $10 million of the renovation budget will be spent in fitting out 130,000 square feet of prebuilt offices on those floors.2008 January 2, J. Alex Tarquinio, “Big Makeovers for Office Buildings Outside of Midtown”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    prefabricated

Noun

prebuilt (plural prebuilts)

  1. Something assembled before it is sold.
    • Whether it’s making them eco-friendly, creating prebuilts, adding technology or security, we’re constantly reviewing what we need to do to make sure our buildings continue to attract tenants.2009 July 12, Vivian Marino, “The 30-Minute Interview: William C. Rudin”, in New York Times

Also used as

prebuilt is also the simple past and past participle of prebuild.

Synonyms of prebuilt

Forms of prebuilt

pluralprebuilts

Origin of prebuilt

From pre- + built.

Questions about prebuilt

What does prebuilt mean?
Prebuilt means built in advance.
What part of speech is prebuilt?
Prebuilt can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prebuilt in the dictionary

  1. prebuffering
  2. prebuffers
  3. prebuild
  4. prebuilding
  5. prebuilds
  6. prebuilt
  7. prebuilts
  8. prebulimic
  9. prebullying
  10. prebunk
  11. prebunked

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