v 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
v produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally
By using automatic welding machines to prefabricate sections and then moving the sections into place with Chinese-designed cranes, the yard has cut building time on a ship from .
Consolidated would prefabricate ships in the plant at Maywood, trans port parts 22 mi.