Contextualizebeta

precast

adj
/pɹiˈkæst/US/pɹiːˈkɑːst/UK

Etymology

From pre- + cast.

  1. derived from chaste — “chaste”
  2. derived from castra — “fortification”
  3. prefixed as precast — “pre + cast”

Definitions

  1. Cast previously in another location.

    • The bridge used precast concrete girders.
    • Except that in their case, the logs are made from precast concrete shaped and painted to look like the real thing.

  2. Structural members made of concrete, ready for installation.

  3. To cast in a location other than where to be installed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for precast. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA